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Are there any 6H30's with a sweet upper midrange?

The 6H30 is the new sweetheart preamp tube.
My experience is that the preamps with this tube have a forward, almost solid state type upper midrange.....you know the frequencies at the upper range of sopranos/almost in the sibilance region.
Are there 6H30's that don't do this?

Obviously, it's dependent on the preamp and the implimmentation.

Any thoughts among the tube rollers?
jdolgin
alex_yakovlev
102 posts
 
I am not sure it is a good idea to use 6N6P in place of 6H30.
reb1208
518 posts
 
I would try plugging in a 6CG7/6FQ7 tube into the socket. Draws less heater current than a 6H30, has about the same gain and sounds MUCH better.
ck
101 posts
 
Reb1208,

Have you tried this tube in a BAT product? Any mods necessary to run this tube?
alex_yakovlev
102 posts
 
"I would try plugging in a 6CG7/6FQ7 tube into the socket."
This is a very strange idea. These tubes are not even close to 6H30 and their only similarity is their pin-out.
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