6SN7

The 6SN7 is a widely used electron tube (dual triode) with an Octal socket, in which, for reasons of economy of space, the Triodensysteme two 6J5 triodes were housed in a single tube.

She appeared in 1939 as a steel tube on the U.S. tube market, but could not until 1941 prevail as 6SN7GT with a glass enclosure. Along with her many later versions they played in these years in the electronics industry, a similarly important role as their successors, the famous miniature double triodes with Novalsockel ECC81, ECC82 and ECC83.

In those equipped with numerous tubes black and white TV sets from the early television era, the 6SN7 was because of their versatility to the irreplaceable standard tubes of the tube industry.

Among her best-known application of the tube arrived in the English Williamson amplifier, one of the first Hi- Fi -capable amplifier concepts, and in giant IBM SAGE computer system of the fifties of the last century.

The professional version of the 6SN7 is the 5692 (RCA).

The Russian / Soviet equivalent of the 6SN7 is 6H8C (Latin 6N8S ), functionally analogous to the 6Н1П (Latin 6N1P ).