It seems to me that with the increased popularity of Dynaco and other tube products, that there would be enough of a demand to start production again of the infamous 7199, I know Sovtek made one for a long while. But it was also not a true 7199 from what I gather. It seems to me that any of the higher end tube producers could make a high quality 7199 at a reasonable price, at least half of what they're going for right now.
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The 7199 Tube
denny9167- Posts : 151
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Age : 56
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peterh- Posts : 1833
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Location : gothenburg, sweden
You can mail JJ direct ( it's the only tubemaker i can think of that could and maybe want
to do this. The market however is limited and most amps are beeing rebuilt for other tubes.
to do this. The market however is limited and most amps are beeing rebuilt for other tubes.
denny9167- Posts : 151
Join date : 2011-05-09
Age : 56
Location : Texas
All triode front ends seems to be the rage, lower noise floor etc. but I think with the technology of todaypeterh wrote:You can mail JJ direct ( it's the only tubemaker i can think of that could and maybe want
to do this. The market however is limited and most amps are beeing rebuilt for other tubes.
A good 7199 could be designed.
peterh- Posts : 1833
Join date : 2012-12-25
Location : gothenburg, sweden
Nope, it is already designed. We don't want another sovtek "7199", we should have a replicadenny9167 wrote:All triode front ends seems to be the rage, lower noise floor etc. but I think with the technology of todaypeterh wrote:You can mail JJ direct ( it's the only tubemaker i can think of that could and maybe want
to do this. The market however is limited and most amps are beeing rebuilt for other tubes.
A good 7199 could be designed.
of the original if anything. That is not design it's implementation.
denny9167- Posts : 151
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Age : 56
Location : Texas
Amen! On that one, where is RCA when you need them!!!
sKiZo- Posts : 1530
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Not to say old is always better. The TungSol KT120 is a industrial redesign of the 6L6GA and people who got em seem to like em.
Still take some twiddling about to make them work to their full potential in an amp not designed for them. I got a set for my ST-120 (which I haven't built yet) and am hoping everybody isn't just pulling my leg ...
(hey, look ... we got another one ... sucker!!)
I'm going for the "sound" which is supposed to be excellent for my listening tastes, the headroom, and the durability - won't be working all that hard and they should last forever in this amp.
Point being ... TungSol went ahead and did the deed, and now it's catching on. Quite a few mfgs are using them now. So hey, shake the tree, and see what happens!
Still take some twiddling about to make them work to their full potential in an amp not designed for them. I got a set for my ST-120 (which I haven't built yet) and am hoping everybody isn't just pulling my leg ...
(hey, look ... we got another one ... sucker!!)
I'm going for the "sound" which is supposed to be excellent for my listening tastes, the headroom, and the durability - won't be working all that hard and they should last forever in this amp.
Point being ... TungSol went ahead and did the deed, and now it's catching on. Quite a few mfgs are using them now. So hey, shake the tree, and see what happens!
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