Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes

NOS GEs

are 

my

current

faves

after 

trying various others in my Freya and Had SEP amp. I also tried double spacing this post to see if it works for me and yeah, it's kinda lame.

I also have two pair of GE (Rca) gray bottle which sound warm and lush.

But I prefer to take turns between the tubes.

It is more economical way to get new flavor than changing pre amp or cable rolling.

@shkong78 I ordered a pair of those 1578's last Saturday and they just showed up on my doorstep.  I will give them a try tonight or tomorrow.  I was surprised they got here so fast.

I'm surprised you liked the 6N8S so much.  I thought about getting a pair, but everything I read about them was negative.  I saw some selling for $4.50 each.

Looking forward to trying the 1578's.  Thanks for the information about them.

i also had get delivery of 1578 from Russia this afternoon.

After I get it, I will give a try to compare with other two 1578 that I have.

Good luck to you!

The 6n8s made in 1978 that I had tried this week is real deal.

I ordered four more of them and two of them is staying in Freya.

About 2 hours ago, I got delivery of another 1678 Melz tube from Russia after one week from placing order.

Very fast shipping.

I had not got tubes from Ukraine that I ordered 5 weeks ago.

It was made in 1980 and looks clean as Nos tube.

After playing demagnetization track, I am listening to familiar music to me.

"Thriller" by MJ sounds spooky with deep and full bass, wide and deep soundstage.

Its bass, decay and soundstage is just beyond any other 6sn7 tubes.

But people may get the impression that it is bass heavy.

Now I have three pairs of 1587 Melz tubes and eight 6n8s tubes, I am going to stop shopping of 6sn7 tubes.

After being back from Kr vt231 this morning, I found that 1578 has more body and decay while KR give almost same amount of details as 1578.