{"product_id":"matched-pair-otk-6v6-6v6gt-black-glass-30450","title":"Matched Pair OTK 6V6 6V6GT Black Glass Vacuum Tubes NOS-Testing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis matched pair of OTK-MANUFACTURED black glass 6V6GT output tubes was tested on our Maxi-Matcher 2 for shorts, gas and transconductance. There were no shorts or gas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate current measured 20.2 milliamps and transconductance was 2460 micromhos for Tube One (Raytheon-BRANDED). Tube Two (Ameco-BRANDED) measured 21.9\/2460. (New US-made 6V6s typically test with plate current from the mid-teens to mid 30s with transconductance from 2300 micromhos or so.) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey have tall bases; medium bottles; anode radiators for cooler operation and longer tube life and saucer getters. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were made by Sovtek's predecessor during The Cold War and, ironically reflect the communist dictum of \"The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we hang them.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese tubes were made in the Soviet Union and sent to East Germany where, because of convoluted trade policies, they were forwarded to West Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the labeling took place is anyone's guess as the Raytheon-branded tube is stamped \"England\" while the Ameco tube claims to have been made in the USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this funny is that a major US defense contractor likely committed a number of felonies by smuggling communist Soviet tubes into the US at the height of the Cold War, indirectly funding The Enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgain, these tubes were made in the Soviet Union during the Cold War and as such should be great for Godless Death Metal music. I am playing them in one my Radio Craftsman RC2 mono blocks as I write with Iggy Pop's \"Raw Power\" -- the closest I get to Death Metal -- and they sound excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lowtechelec","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62871758536863,"sku":null,"price":46.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0397\/5344\/9631\/files\/il_fullxfull.8056579913_s9r5_c7826972-3402-4d9e-ab75-89ab8f0a81bb.jpg?v=1790165728","url":"https:\/\/lowtechelec.com\/en-au\/products\/matched-pair-otk-6v6-6v6gt-black-glass-30450","provider":"Lowtechelec","version":"1.0","type":"link"}