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Sovtek / 6550WE-SOVTEK
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The Sovtek Corporation produces a range of the most popular audio and guitar valves.
These valves are made in Russia to high standards at the reflector plant.
These valves are used by original equipment manufactures the world over for their sound quality and reliability.
The Sovtek 6550WE has become the choice of many manufactures for its solid performance and proven reliability in the most demanding situations. The Sovtek valve is designed along the lines of the American General Electric 6550A. Sovtek have used thicker anode plates which has resulted in the valve being rated with 42 watts plate dissipation and Sovtek claim increased linearity over previous models.
The valve produces an excellent balanced soundstage with clearly defined bass which is very accurate. The treble is both detained and smooth so it is no surprise that the Sovtek 6550WE are the first choice of many audio manufactures such as Audio research due the valves precise balanced sound.
Due to the Sovtek 6550WE valves great performance they have also been used extensively in big bass amps made by Fender, Sunn and Ampeg. The Sovtek 6550WE is also sold by Groove tubes as the GT 6550-R.
Sovtek valves are designed and manufactured with strict quality control and engineered for demanding conditions and high reliability.
These characteristics make this an excellent modern day 6550 and are available in dual matched pairs and quads
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