Ray Tubes

Ray Tubes Select 6SN7

$75.00
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Quantity: Single Tube
The Ray Tubes Select Series are the cream of the crop performers. Only the top 4% of production tubes get to be Select. They feature gold plated pins, low microphonics, and a 1 year warranty. They are smoother sounding and more refined than their CORE series counterparts.

Tube: 7SN7

Socket: 8 Pin

The 6SN7 vacuum tube is a dual triode usually found in the driver stage of power amps. Itʼs been used in audio since its introduction in 1939; from 1949, it was used in the famous Williamson circuit. Outside of audio applications, it was a crucial component in ENIAC—the worldʼs first digital computer.

The SELECT 6SN7 offers rich and detailed sound, perfect for users who seek a broad dynamic range and expansive soundstage.

  • The bass is solid and deep, with good range. The low end is fuller, making it suitable for complex genres like jazz and classical music.
  • The midrange frequencies are rich and warm. Both male and female vocals sound smooth and inviting, with high levels of detail.
  • The treble performance is clear and transparent, offering precision without harshness.
  • The dynamic range is wide with accurate reproduction of volume changes. The soundstage exhibits clear imaging and excellent separation, with a strong sense of scale ideal for larger arrangements.

The Ray Tubes Story

RayTubes was created to supply the audiophile and hi-fi market with high-quality, new-production vacuum tubes designed specifically for audio equipment. The company partners with manufacturers to create tubes to their specifications, subjects them to a rigorous quality control process that includes listening tests by sound engineers, and offers them through various partners and retailers like Tweek Geek.

Each tube undergoes a seven-step quality control process, including a 24-hour burn-in period, stress tests to minimise microphonics, and critical parameters that are carefully measured to ensure consistency and accurate matching. Finally, sound engineers assess each tube under real-world
listening conditions. By the end of the quality control process, only 5% of tubes commissioned
for production meet Ray Tubesʼ standards.

With a twelve-month warranty covering tubes against manufacturing defects, weʼll take care of you during the first year of their ownership.

The Select Series

Premium SELECT tubes are manufactured and tested to meet a higher tolerance standard, and will provide superior and more nuanced sound than tubes from the CORE collection. Only the best tubes from any manufacturing batch will ever emerge from the factory, and the SELECT tubes are the cream of the crop of any given batch. SELECT tubes are not only tested for their superiority, but placed in amplifiers and listened to under real world conditions by audio engineers.

Reviews

Product Highlights

  • Hand-selected and tested (Only 4% of the tubes commissioned for production meet their standards for gain and conductance matching)
  • Gold pins for oxidation resistance
  • Low noise and microphonics 
  • 12-month warranty against manufacturing defects