How hard is it to find a pair of Tung-Sol 6DN7 tubes

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Offline sbelyo

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on: January 05, 2015, 08:57:44 AM
How hard is it to find a pair of Tung-Sol 6DN7 tubes?  I know they're rare, but does anyone have a line on a pair?


Offline JamieMcC

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Reply #1 on: January 05, 2015, 12:18:27 PM
Try looking for some Hens teeth, you might have more luck....

Shoot for the moon if you miss you will still be amongst the stars!

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Reply #2 on: January 05, 2015, 12:24:44 PM
I think I started the whole TungSol 6DN7 thing. I used a pair for years in my own S.E.X. amp. They were really only tiny bit different than the other 6DN7s.

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Reply #3 on: January 06, 2015, 06:36:22 AM
Not too worry doc....  It's all part of the fun for me.  I've got some NOS blackplate Sylvania's to try out anyway.  maybe by the time I pass the breakin stage I'll find the Tung Sol's

I actually have one but the second section of the tube tests very very low so I'm assuming it's bad


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Reply #4 on: January 09, 2015, 04:42:24 AM
Quote from: sbelyo on January 06, 2015, 06:36:22 AM
maybe by the time I pass the breakin stage I'll find the Tung Sol's

Got to love your optimism :)    I searched every tube reseller i could find and trawled through eBay for over a year before i finally found some.  Those black plate Sylvanias are getting hard to find too, it seems to me for every 10 GE's there is 1 Sylvania, and for every 100 there is 1 Tung-Sol.

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Reply #5 on: January 12, 2015, 05:53:23 PM
I'll find a pair eventually


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Reply #6 on: May 21, 2015, 03:44:52 PM
I'm almost there

Got one, just need another.  Almost had one twice, first time I bought an untested one for $5 and one side was bad.  Second time someone beat me on a tube lot that had one nestled in a carrier in the far corner.

Hopefully I'll fill the empty box


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Reply #7 on: October 24, 2015, 03:38:57 PM
I have a pair now.  They sound great.  It was definitely worth the hunt


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