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6DJ8 / ECC88 Amperex - A-frame, dimpled disc getter
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Price: Starting at $21.00
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This Amperex 6DJ8 / ECC88 tube was made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and has the following characteristics:
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creases on the top of the bottle
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the Heerlen factory code etched along the bottom of the glass
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silver risers
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dimpled disc getter with A-frame support
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orange label (label conditions vary) with globe logo and "Made in Holland" printed under the Amperex name
Choose from tubes that test as premium new (precisely matched plates) or good. All the tubes in this lot are very low noise. Tube ships in white box.
This tube is sold individually. Photo is of a sample from the lot. Matched pairs, when available, are listed as Item 534.
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Price: Starting at $14.00
This early 1960s Amperex 6DJ8 / E88CC tube was made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and has a white label (label conditions vary). Choose from tubes that test as premium new (matched plates), new, good, or bargain. They are all very low noise.
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Price: Starting at $39.00
This 1960s Amperex 6DJ8 / ECC88 tube was made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and has the famous Bugle Boy logo. It has gray risers and a halo getter with wide support post. Choose from tubes that test as premium new (matched plates) or as new.
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This Amperex 6DJ8 / 6922 / E88CC tube was made in USA (New York factory code) and has the white or orange PQ label, indicating that it was selected for special quality. It has gold pins and a halo getter with wide support post. Tube tests as premium new.
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Price: Starting at $69.00
The Amperex 6DJ8 / ECC88 tubes in this premium matched pair were made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and have dimpled disc getters with A-frame support. Both tubes test as new and are precisely matched.
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The 1959 Amperex Bugle Boy 6DJ8 / ECC88 tubes in this premium matched pair were made in Holland (Heerlen factory code). They have D-getters and gray risers. Both tubes test as new with very low noise and are precisely matched. Very rare!
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Price: Starting at $39.00
This 1960s Amperex 6DJ8 / E88CC tube was made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and has a white label (label conditions vary). Choose from tubes that test as premium new (matched plates), new, good, or bargain. They are all very low noise.
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The early 1960s Amperex 6DJ8 / E88CC tubes in this premium matched pair were made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and are the same construction as the famous Bugle Boy tubes. Both tubes test as new with very low noise and are precisely matched.
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The 1960s 6DJ8 / E88CC tubes in this premium matched pair were made in Holland by Amperex (Heerlen factory code) and labeled for Hewlett Packard (label conditions vary). Both tubes test as new with very low noise and are precisely matched.
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This Amperex 6DJ8 / 6922 / E88CC tube was made in USA and has the orange PQ label, indicating that it was selected for special quality. It has gold pins and a dimpled disc getter with wire support. Tube tests as premium new.
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Price: Starting at $19.00
This Amperex 6DJ8 / ECC88 tube was made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and has the orange globe label and a halo getter with wide support post. Choose from tubes that test as premium new (matched plates), as new, or good with very low noise.
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The Amperex 6DJ8 / ECC88 tubes in this premium matched pair were made in Holland (Heerlen factory code) and have orange globe labels and halo getters with wide support posts. Both tubes test as new and are precisely matched.
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Product Reviews
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Amperex (Dutch) A Frame 6DJ8 -- a taste of classic Amperex sound
Christopher James
(Grand Rapids, Mich.)
12/10/2009 8:32 PM
The 1970s-vintage Dutch Amperex 6DJ8 A Frame tubes made by Philips of Holland (a completely different company than Phillips of USA; these tubes will NOT sound like the JAN PHILLIPS stuff made for the US Army) are a great bargain in the world of vintage 6DJ8/ECC88 tubes. They have great sonic balance and a terrific, palpable bass response with a well-controlled midrange.
The "best of breed" for the NOS Amperex 6DJ8 is of course the 1959-1965 Bugle Boy type -- but these Dutch Amperex A Frame types are made to a slightly tighter specification and thus are more consistent electrically if not QUITE as lush and romantically "musical" as the earlier Bugle Boy Amperex 6DJ8. The A Frame in many ways is every bit as good as the Bugle Boy 6DJ8.
The Amperex A Frame 6DJ8s have the Amperex "house sound" of a lively midrange and treble response that has a lot of "air" and extension. The lower mids are just a tiny bit thin as compared to the 1960-1965 "Bugle Boy" Amperex 6DJ8s, but the A Frame tubes tend to have better internal Gm balance and lower microphonics and noise than the earlier tubes. This tube has a fast, articulate, 3-D midrange with great soundstaging. They will often outlast current production Russian or Slovakian tubes by hundreds of hours in many cases, and in ALL CASES will sound much much better than ANY modern production 6DJ8 tube.
The Amperex A Frame is great for simple acoustic music, jazz, and female vocal music. It also does quite well with well-recorded pop and rock and roll -- the lively midrange of an A Frame Amperex 6DJ8 will make a Keith Richards riff simply jump out of the loudspeaker and give it an eerie 3-D presence. A Frame 6DJ8s are wonderful in phono preamps.
Overall, the A Frame Dutch Amperex 6DJ8 scores about an 87 out of 100 on the all-time wonderfulness scale for 6DJ8s, with D Getter Amperex Bugle Boy 6DJ8s scoring the full 100 points. A Frame 6DJ8s are still around; snap up a pair and they will amaze and please any tube-o-phile.
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