Paully

[John Roman]

I just checked ebay for those 7N7's and couldn't find them. Could you send me the link?
Thanks,
John

[Paully]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-7N7-ELECTRON-TUBE-No-Box-Fully-Tested-/150616486597?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item23117132c5

This looks like a good one and inexpensive:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WESTINGHOUSE-7N7-NOS-LOCTAL-LOKTAL-TUBE-/260838221100?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item3cbb2b652c

Small Bottle Square Plates:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Type-7N7-vacuum-radio-tube-available-tested-/120756923158?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c1dac6b16

Some others to consider:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/7N7-loctal-ham-radio-vacuum-tubes-NOS-tube-tested-7N7-/230659021464?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item35b4595a98

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1951s-1-Lansdale-JAN-CBRZ-7N7-Strong-Vacuum-Tube-/330598963408?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4cf93bd8d0

Closed auction.  These were going for $90 a quad.  If I had seen these I would have happily paid more.  Keep in mind that this model seems to be the most expensive 7N7.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1951s-1-Lansdale-JAN-CBRZ-7N7-Strong-Vacuum-Tube-/330598963408?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4cf93bd8d0

I would also recommend that you try Langrex out.  They have a stock though sometimes it is a crap shoot on what type of 7N7 they actually ship.

[John Roman]

What do you think of these?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-RCA-5692-6SN7-Tubes-NOS-Red-Base-MATCHED-PAIR-/150652907077?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2345524278993846394

[Paully]

I think those are pretty darn expensive.  But as another poster said in the other thread, the 7N7 may be cheaper but it is up to you to figure out if it sounds good enough.  I have no idea how those 5692 tubes sound.  Maybe luckily for me I never really played around with 6SN7.  I just went straight to the 7N7 from the 12au7 in the Foreplay.  But I have been very happy with the sound and haven't looked back, as have others who have tried them out.  No way to know for sure how YOU are going to feel about it except to hear it.

[Grainger49]

IIRC back when Paully went to the 7N7 you could purchase NOS for under $10 per tube.  NOS 6SH7s were going for $50 per tube.  That made the decision easy.

[Paully]

And you could still get some of the 6SN7's cheaply, but not the primo ones.  As my links show you can still get some of the really good 7N7 for under $20 but you can also get some 6SN7 for under $20 (I think), but are the under $20 6SN7 as good as the primo 7N7?  We didn't bother to find out.  But as I recall we didn't need much justification for what we wanted to do.  We were on an esoteric tube tear which is what lead us to the 6BR7 in the Eros.  It was fun and cheap and that was about all we needed to know.

[John Roman]

Thanks guys,
Point taken.
Regards, John