NOS 6P3S-e or cheap new 5881? Identify this tube..

[banaca]

The getter is different from all the 6n3c-e ( 6p3s-e). Are they blank Groove tubes... Sovtec?? Nothing on them, blank bulb... I've post last week about them... I've look all over the place, the getter is a small ring ( normally, on 6p3s-e, it is 2 small rings... Any help???

 

[maton00]

I think this is more than obvious or even disapointing (original price vs. brand)
but at the end the russian ones are ways better than common chinesse ones
Happy holidays

 

[Blaireau]

@banaca: you're right, I could not find such a getter among the tenths of 6P3S-E from my own stock.
But the remaining part of the tube seems to be really similar.
Your tubes are probably 5881, as illustrated in matonOO's picture.

 

[banaca]

Yes they are 5881 .. got them at a good price. They are blank tubes made by the Reflector plan. I did got some 6n3c-e last week from Jim McShane , a good re-seller in the USA

 

[banaca]

Here is a picture of the package ;

 

[maton00]

they apear to be common or normal 6P3S-E but reflektor rebrands them like 5881
It´s pure comercial rebranding, in the insides there is a russian 6p3s
just keep the dissipation below 20 watts per tube and the screen below 350v

 

[roline]

I've pushed them to 24watts, but kept the screens below 350....
sound great into 6.6kRaa outputs, run out of steam into 4.3k outputs

 

[vinylkid58]

I did got some 6n3c-e last week from Jim McShane , a good re-seller in the USA

That's where mine came from.

It´s pure comercial rebranding, in the insides there is a russian 6p3s
just keep the dissipation below 20 watts per tube and the screen below 350v

I run mine PP triode strapped ~490v B+ @40ma.

jeff

 

[banaca]

Keep on posting infos ..... I read it all

 

[maton00]

That is pretty neat and a good looking sistem!