Best headphones for guitar amps 2020: practice in peace with the best guitar amp headphones By Amit Sharma 06 November 2020 From studio cans to noise cancelling headphones – and even headphones that are the amp – check out the best headphones for guitarists, from Boss, Audio-Technica, Sennheiser. The 6SN7 has a gain of about 20 and could be compared to a 9 pin 12AU7. Both have a nice tone that, to my non perfect ears, sound different than their 12a?7 counterparts. They distort nicely when overdriven and if you want a little pentode chime thrown into the mix use a 6SJ7 (kind of like a octal EF36).
There has been some recent discussion here of octal preamp tubes. There are several boutique guitar amps using these tubes. The octal preamp tubes I am familar with were used in tweed Fenders and many other vintage tube amps. Can I solicit some opinions from anyone who has tried any octal preamp tubes?The 6SJ7 is a pentode preamp tube that was used in the first Fender Champ. Many of these have a metal envelope, but glass bottle ones are available. Phil recently mentioned using one in a tube pedal. In the Angela Instruments online tube list, Steve compares the tone with the EF86. Sort of interesting and he has NOS 6SJ7's for $8. I wasn't able to find any new production for this tube. Has anyone out there tried this tube? Can you recommend a particular brand for tone or sturdiness?
The 6SL7 is a high Mu (amplification factor of 70) twin triode. It was used in the early Princton and Bassman. This would seem to be an excellent candidate considering it's gain but it has a reputation for being noisy. Can anyone confirm that? There seems to be only one modern version available.
The rest of the tweed Fenders used the 6SC7 twin triode(amplification factor 70). No modern versions are being made. Also has a reputation for being noisy. Anyone using these in a homebrew?
The 6SN7 twin triode(amplification factor 20) is the octal preamp tube most people seem to be using despite it's low gain. It is said to be quieter than the other octal twin triodes and is used in many tube hi-fi amps. There are several modern versions of this tube available also. Does anyone have an idea which are the quietest and how they sound?
I am also interested in trying the 7199 in a preamp. This is a 9 pin miniature tube not an octal, but it is interesting. It has a pentode and a triode in a single bottle like the ECL82 and ECL86. But the pentode section is not a power amp like those other tubes. It is a preamp pentode. So the pentode section could be used at the input and cascaded to the triode section either before, or after, the tone controls. Should have plenty of gain. Anyone tried this tube in a preamp?
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