I received a pair of Amperex 6688A. These are supposed to be equivalent to the E180F.
I put them in place of the Siemens D3a.
And in my circuit they are absolutely lifeless. So are they bad tubes? I don’t think so. Are they not really equivalent to the E180f. Maybe, maybe not.
What I think is we should be reminded that how a tube sounds must taken in the context of the circuit in which it is used.I think this is something we forget. It is easy to read that this ‘tube’ sounds great and all the others are shit. But if change the circuit, a tube type that you may have previously written off, might be just the ticket…John