TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes with Cary SLI-80

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Posted by Akolegov88 (A) on April 8, 2024 at 12:55:20

Hello everybody,

I have a question: may I test vintage TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes with Cary SLI-80? I used to buy 9 pcs of these tubes approx. 15 years ago from a reputable US dealer. I used them briefly for a couple of years, after which they've been kept in a drawer.
Recently I decided to sell them as I don't have suitable gear for them. I wrote an ad saying that I would invite to my place potential buyers with tube testers, since I have no capacity to test them.
We exchanged letters with a buyer living in other town, he purchased two tubes, but today suggested that one of them did not work and produced noise when powered on.
He suggested that I send him two replacement tubes, he would choose two tubes out of four and would send me back the rest. By now, I refused suggesting that he send me back two tubes and I would return his money.

My question is - can I test these tubes with Cary SLI-80 amp (which is the only tube amp I have) and if so, what bias current should I sewt? Or this could damage the TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes or the Cary amp? I read somewhere that a Cary user used this amp with Russian 6p3SE tubes, which, roughly speaking, belong to the same family as the vintage Tung-Sol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT/5881 tubes.
In the future, I will try to find a tech with a tube tester to test all these tubes and pick up their parameters, and only after that I'll post a new ad accompanied with measured parameters.

Any help will be much appreciated.

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Topic - TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes with Cary SLI-80 - Akolegov88 12:55:20 04/08/24 (15)

RE: TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes with Cary SLI-80 - Akolegov88 22:18:51 04/08/24 (5)

AKA 5881 power tube - opalize 09:34:22 04/19/24 (4)

RE: AKA 5881 power tube - Akolegov88 04:58:07 04/20/24 (0)

Almost but Not Quite the Same - Triode_Kingdom 14:13:30 04/19/24 (2)

RE: Almost but Not Quite the Same - opalize 17:04:14 04/19/24 (1)

RE: Almost but Not Quite the Same - Akolegov88 05:01:11 04/20/24 (0)

RE: TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes with Cary SLI-80 - 6bq5 14:04:22 04/08/24 (8)

RE: TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes with Cary SLI-80 - Akolegov88 15:18:16 04/08/24 (7)

RE: TungSol JAN-CTL-6SN7WGT tubes with Cary SLI-80 - 6bq5 16:44:04 04/08/24 (6)

Tube testers do not test for noise - Alpha Al 19:56:14 04/08/24 (5)

This one does - Tre' 17:44:34 05/16/24 (0)

Some claim to be able to test for "noise" - Steve O 08:53:10 04/10/24 (3)

this guy tests for everything - elblanco 16:52:30 05/01/24 (0)

RE: Some claim to be able to test for "noise" - Triode_Kingdom 20:13:51 04/12/24 (1)

RE: Some claim to be able to test for "noise" - Steve O 04:59:34 04/13/24 (0)

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