Replace 12AU7 with 6SN7 ?


Hello Guys !
I own Ayon Triton (integrated, but use only the Power section) with 6 12AU7 an 8 KT88.
I read in some threads that the 12AU7 can be easily replaced by 6SN7 (which I have 4 of them and enjoy in my Preamp).
This to be done by a "socket converter" (available on eBay) which internally makes the required wiring for the filaments to allow the replacement.
The reported results were positive.
I asked the manufacturer the same question and the answer was "straight forward", "quote":

DO not use 6SN7 or any others as the original types are. IMPORTANT – otherwise your amp will be destroyed.

Does anybody have any experience with replacing drivers like 12AU7 to 6SN7 in Pre or Power ?

thanks.
amiglick
I cannot say anything about your unit but I am using a Modwright transporter with converters to use 6SN7s instead of the 9 pin dual triodes that it was originally designed for. It works fine. Of course in this case, the designer himself makes the converter and now sells the product w 6SN7s as factory tubes.
With all due respect, do you think that anything that any of us could offer as an opinion to you would mean more than what the manufacturer said to you as fact? I am not going out of my way to be rude, I would just think that the manufacturer's word would trump anyone else's.

Rich

+1 for Rich, I agree. There are so many different 12au7's available. It makes better sense to just try a different 12au7.
I could be wrong but I thought the 12 and 6 mean the voltage of those tubes!
Yogi, that is correct as I understand it also. I can't see how you could use a 6 volt tube in a 12 volt position even with an adapter, unless that adapter also steps down the voltage?