6SN7
Videos
6SN7 is a dual triode vacuum tube with an eight-pin octal base. It provides a medium gain. The 6SN7 is basically two 6J5 triodes in one envelope.
6SN7 vacuum tube dual triode made by Raytheon
Soviet version 6Н8С
6SN7 by JJ Electronic
Dual triodes
Tube socket
Videos
Tube sockets are electrical sockets into which vacuum tubes can be plugged, holding them in place and providing terminals, which can be soldered into the circuit, for each of the pins. Sockets are des
6SN7
…6SN7 is a dual triode vacuum tube with an eight-pin octal base. It provides a medium gain (20 dB). The 6SN7 is basically two 6J5 triodes in one envelope. The 6SN7 was originally released in 1939. It was officially…
Left to right: octal (top and bottom view), loctal, and miniature (top and side view) sockets. An early transistor socket and an integrated circuit socket are included for comparison.
Tube 75 from the 1930s with UX-6 base and top grid cap
Two early tubes with four- and six-pin bases
Because of the ubiquity of the octal socket, many other components used it for their pin configuration including relays (not shown), vibrators (top), crystal oscillators (bottom) and small-signal transformers (not shown)