Tung sol 6080wb solid graphite plates w copper grid post. Some tubes labeled 2399 may also be exactly the same no complete consensus on this. Power tubes tung sol 6080 came as stock tung sol 6080wb solid graphite plates w copper grid post chatham 6as7g bendix 6080wb slotted plate w copper grid post. Tube rolling with the bottlehead crack, any advice or. Normal topic hot topic more than 15 replies very hot topic more than 100 replies locked topic sticky topic. Tube rolling with the bottlehead crack, any advice or suggestions. It very well could have the largest soundstage and be the most detailed out of the bunch. I was using a sylvania 6sn7 with adapter when plugging source direct into crack. The bottlehead crack is an outstanding first project for the novice audio diyer. Sold bottlehead crack w speedball and attenuator upgrade and. The tung sol 7802 is a very interesting albeit quite rare tube. I also thought, based on reading about them on the bottlehead forum a little, that they sound the same. Im quite happy with my rft ecc82 and svetlana winged c 6hc in my bottlehead crack.
Upgrading the bottlehead crack headphone amplifier. No other amp that ive tried for them in 14 years has made them sound as good. The parts quality is very good, the documentation is truly excellent, the bottlehead forums provide fantastic peertopeer assistance, and construction is very easy. Hi all, as an avid tube roller and owner of a bottlehead crack speedball, i wanted to start a dedicated thread for tube rolling. Little hours on all four tubes, as well as the crack itself. Shipping power cable stock 6080 tube stock input tube. Im currently using a tung sol 7236 and a telefunken ecc82 12au7, and im not lacking for bass, but i dont listen to edm or anything like that. Crack is an output transformerless amp designed specifically for running higher impedance 200 ohms or higher headphones like the many sennheiser, akg and. I tried the very popular tungsol 6as7g and the rare gec 6as7g brown base in. Tube rolling with the bottlehead crack general dacamp. The bottlehead crack is a superb introduction into the world of diy audio. I heard tungsol 5998 is a great time to pair whit 650 and the bottlehead crack, so i finally found one from a private seller whit. I really cant find any consensus regarding the ultimate input tube.
But it is also one of the brightest and most dynamic, i would say just bright of neutral, gives the upper midrange some more bite and it is a more midrange forward tube compared to the 5998. I would love to get a tung sol 5998 but they are so exprensive and rare here in germany. Its probably a long shot that anybody has used the 7236 but ive read that it sounds similar to the 5998. Average cool looking tube with classic looking us print.
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