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Cary slp-05 tubes rumor or fact?

Fellow audiophiles,

I would love to try the Black Treasure 6SN7 tubes in my Cary slp-05 preamp but am worried that their base is too large to fit into the openings on the top of the preamp. This same question has been asked before, but without response. Can anyone confirm or refute this?

You response is much appreciated!

John
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markus1299
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I spent considerable time and dollars experimenting with NOS 6SN7's in my Cary SLP05 preamp. I found that the Pope 6SN7GT,s were far and above the best sounding tubes in this preamp.
jtran
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Psvane 6sn7 will fit.I'm using them in my Cary 05.They sound much better than the stock tubes.
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jtwrace
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I found that the Pope Holland's sounded best but in the end what really made it sound better was to get rid of the SLP-05.
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dtc
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Jwtrace - what did you replace it with? Or did you go passive?
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dtc
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I read somewhere that if you are using single ended inputs rather than balanced, 2 of the tubes are not used. Can anyone confirm that and if so, which ones? Replacing 4 rather than 6 tubes would be cheaper. Obviously the headphone ones would not need to be upgraded unless you are using headphones, which I am not.
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