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Received some of those German "postroehren", SQ gold pin pentodes. D3a is mentioned before like possible good driver. C3g is a very interesting tube, too, inside and outside shields, loctal socket, low noise, linear. Nice triode - connected curves; with OP, say, Uak=182V/Ugk=-3V/Ia=12mA we`d have ยต=40 and rp~2k6. Looking good for the (300B) driver, RIAA stage input tube, etc. Must try it soon and report. ![](http://www.audioroundtable.com/emoticons/smiley.gif)
But, 6 of 15 D3a was defective right from the box, white getter = air inside the tube through barely visible crack between the pins... ![](http://www.audioroundtable.com/emoticons/frownie.gif)
The best thing is, those quality tubes can be (still) found relatively cheap. ![](http://www.audioroundtable.com/emoticons/smiley.gif)
Some informations and pictures from the Web:
http://www.jacmusic.com/nos/C3g-C3m-info.html
http://www.tubecollection.de/ura/postroehren.htm
http://www.jogis-roehrenbude.de/Roehren-Geschichtliches/Behoerden/Post/C3g.htm
And detailed "Telefunken" data:
http://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/128/c/C3g.pdf