What is the best 6SN7 driver tube?

@bigbear: which 3-hole Sylvanias exactly we're talking here, Big Boys, chrome dome GTAs? Can You point to an exact example? Thx.

Big Boys. Bad and Big!

Sylvania 6sn7GT, 3-hole, bottom getter "bad boys" are a step up from the GTA chrome domes.  I know people like to recommend Ken-rad dark glass but fail to mention non-microphonic ones are very hard to find.  Early RCA 6sn7GT are quite nice too.  Since Russia is in the news so much lately, how about the Melz 1578, black plates with round holes? Some say they are the best sounding 6sn7 ever made, certainly the best out of USSR.  I like them.

"Some say they are the best sounding 6sn7 ever made" If you just think, even for a second, how ridiculous this statement is, you will realise that forums like this are just a sharing of ignorance and hearsay.

You have 3 posts and you’re digging up a years old thread, just to knock AudiogoN and show your ignorance? How many tubes have you personally auditioned against or compared to 1940’s metal based, NOS, Sylvania 6SN7Ws? Have you EVER SEEN a Sylvania 6SN7W, in person, let alone HEARD one, in a decent system? "Some say they are the best sounding 6sn7 ever made" ??? This is a highly subjective(look up the definition) hobby and, "SOME SAY" is a VERY ACCURATE statement! What’s, "ridiculous", is your inability to recognize and accept those two facts. In fact, "MOST SAY", would have been a more accurate statement, based on actual comparisons, like this: http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/6sn7_vt.htm ".....forums like this are just a sharing of ignorance.....", AND- you’re fitting right in, with the rest of your (possibly)deaf, (obviously)inexperienced, (painfully)whiny, nay-saying ilk. "HEARSAY"?? YES- Some of us actually can HEAR differences(in the things that we physically TRY) and SAY it!