6L6s and 6AR6s - what can I do with them?

[Paul Ebert]

Here's a pre-fathers day question for you. I received some old tubes from my Dad a while back. The ones that seem most like they could be useful are three RCA metal can 6L6s and a pair of Tung-Sol 6AR6s.

Can I use these to build an amp? I'm know very little about tubes, so what I'd be looking for would be a complete and finished design posted on the web or the like.

I realize these aren't like a set of WE 300Bs or something, but I think he'd get a real kick out of me being able to put them to good use.

Thanks for any advice.

Paul Ebert

 

[Paul Ebert]

To clarify, I do not need to use both the 6L6s and the 6AR6s in a design. Using either would be fine. It would just be cool to be able to say, "Hey Dad, remember those old tubes you gave me...".

 

[Colt45]

sure you can. not a whole lot of power though, and you need to find some transformers.. but yeah, sure..

any idea what you want?

 

[Geek]

SE UL or triode mode 6L6 sound really sweet

Multimedia amp?

 

[mcs]

You can find a 6AR6 schematic here: http://the-planet.org/audio.html

Best regards,

Mikkel C. Simonsen

 

[Paul Ebert]

sure you can. not a whole lot of power though, and you need to find some transformers.. but yeah, sure..

any idea what you want?

Well, it doesn't really matter, though I'm not into high-efficency speakers.

So, SE is probably not of interest (maybe someday...).

Thanks.