Hey Sai, had you used the adapter previously? Can you show a pic of the adapter or the link where you bought it? How old was it?

Sorry to hear of your situation. I think many of us are using those adapters and the potential for disaster is cause for pause. I'm surprised at the result. I thought the current amp designs prevent such catastrophe.

Thanks so much Steve for taking a look at it.
Looks like she’s back in good shape! Will be headed back in town on 3/22 when I will get a chance to listen to it again…

Got an email saying that the culprit was a fried resistor on the output tube socket.

Sorry to hear about this Sai. I have been buying tubes off tubeman for at least 15 years when I had my ARC SP-12 (lots of 6DJ8's) and he's always been a great source. But I have not bought adapters from him. When I started using 807's in our Rachael, I bought three pairs, over time, off eBay and the offshore units were wimpy at best. I have had the wire break off the top cap, fixed them and they worked correctly. THE BEST adaptors I bought, and the only ones I use now, I purchased off of maximatcher at 99.00 each and took about 3+ months to get. Great product, built very very well, robust. The company itself left a lot to be desired in terms of customer service. When he finally responded to a email, he explained that they are made to order and that's just what it is. OK, it was worth the wait. Just thinking about it, I will order another set, forget that I ordered them and in 3 or 4 months they will show us. If anyone wants a set of the chicom adapters, shoot me a PM and I'll get them posted, and I won't take as long as maximatcher. Sure wish I had a tubetester....Happy Listening, Chris.

Chris, would you be able to post a pic of the maximatcher adapter? Just trying to see the difference in construction quality between it and what I bought. I’ll do the same, and maybe post a side-by-side view of the two adapters…

Let me know. Thanks!

Hi Friends,

Apologies for the necro thread. Sorry, new guy around here, but was reading up a little about the 807 to 6l6 adapters you've all had some experience with at this point. I had a bad experience with some built adapters recently where the builder left some flux on the pins and/or inside and it fried a channel in my amplifier. Is there a consensus about what adapter is actually working for you folks? I've been thinking about those Maximatchers, but they're for a tester, correct? Have they held up over the course of the few years since this thread? I have a bench tester as well, so assuming I picked up a Tubeman set, popped it into my tester, fired it up....the worst that could happen is fry the tester? Which...presumably is better than frying my amp . Thank you!

Hah! Thanks James. I think that's true for me too. I know there's short protection and a cutoff if short is detected. I guess it wouldn't be too bad to give the adapters from either vendor a try. Appreciate the response!