Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
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dystrust
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
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I'm looking for a new set of power tubes for my JCA22H, and I'm also looking for headroom & clarity. That amp has more gain than I'll ever use, so I don't need (or want) power tube breakup.
+1
I'm looking for a new set of power tubes for my JCA22H, and I'm also looking for headroom & clarity. That amp has more gain than I'll ever use, so I don't need (or want) power tube breakup.
JMP/HBE
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Matched-Pa...ZEAAOSwYwNdml1Q:sc:USPSFirstClass!63139!US!-1
Just sayin ...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Matched-Pa...ZEAAOSwYwNdml1Q:sc:USPSFirstClass!63139!US!-1
Just sayin ...
Jacew
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
Less interest: Lower prices and more for people who care for them to hoard. Just sayin
I'm happy with JJ. Cheap, reliable and easily available anytime anywhere.
Less interest: Lower prices and more for people who care for them to hoard. Just sayin
I'm happy with JJ. Cheap, reliable and easily available anytime anywhere.
misterwhizzy
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
Aren't you the one who's done the most posting in it? Sounds like you may be complaining about a problem you caused.
Aren't you the one who's done the most posting in it? Sounds like you may be complaining about a problem you caused.
JMP/HBE
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
No & no ... this thread is just proof positive that most people on amps forums wouldn't know a set of great tubes if they were hit upside the head with them.
No great surprise.
FWIW all my amps have EL-34's which are the best tubes for rock amps.
No & no ... this thread is just proof positive that most people on amps forums wouldn't know a set of great tubes if they were hit upside the head with them.
No great surprise.
FWIW all my amps have EL-34's which are the best tubes for rock amps.
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Rex_Rocker
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
Just figured I'd bump the thread with an update. I got my Sovtek EL84M's. They are great. They're kind of TAD EL84-STR's +1. TAD's are clean, tight, sparkly, and hi-fi. Well, EL84M's are cleaner, tighter, more sparkly, and even more hi-fi. Regular cheapie Sovteks EL84's have this kind of upper-mid grit and breakup (which I actually kinda like too and prefer over the JJ's smoothness, lower-mid emphasis, and squishiness). These are way cleaner-sounding and more open. These are my current favorite EL84's for my EVH. They're still no big-bottle tubes by any means, but they're definitely a tiny step more towards that direction.
Just figured I'd bump the thread with an update. I got my Sovtek EL84M's. They are great. They're kind of TAD EL84-STR's +1. TAD's are clean, tight, sparkly, and hi-fi. Well, EL84M's are cleaner, tighter, more sparkly, and even more hi-fi. Regular cheapie Sovteks EL84's have this kind of upper-mid grit and breakup (which I actually kinda like too and prefer over the JJ's smoothness, lower-mid emphasis, and squishiness). These are way cleaner-sounding and more open. These are my current favorite EL84's for my EVH. They're still no big-bottle tubes by any means, but they're definitely a tiny step more towards that direction.
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Phantasmagoria
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
I had a pair of them in my 15W Goldea head. They have a lot of headroom & sound 'big' (extended range?) but were a little hi-fi/sterile sounding..so I swapped them out for a pair of RFT's which are by far my fave EL84's (and reasonably cheap for NOS)
The regular NOS 6p14P's (without the "EV" designation) sound a bit more musical with gain, have more harmonic richness and stuff. The NOS mil-spec'd 'EV's' are great for huge cleans & actually do sound pretty decent with gain as well (a bit warmer than the Current EL84M's as they apparently have some 'gold' in there somewhere which I doubt is going into the current production versions
) ..they do sound good especially with the amp cranked up a little as they tend to break up a bit late.
I had a pair of them in my 15W Goldea head. They have a lot of headroom & sound 'big' (extended range?) but were a little hi-fi/sterile sounding..so I swapped them out for a pair of RFT's which are by far my fave EL84's (and reasonably cheap for NOS)
The regular NOS 6p14P's (without the "EV" designation) sound a bit more musical with gain, have more harmonic richness and stuff. The NOS mil-spec'd 'EV's' are great for huge cleans & actually do sound pretty decent with gain as well (a bit warmer than the Current EL84M's as they apparently have some 'gold' in there somewhere which I doubt is going into the current production versions
) ..they do sound good especially with the amp cranked up a little as they tend to break up a bit late.
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BenPerkins
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
Did you receive your Mullards yet? I have an OR15 and had a lot of noise & fizz with the stock EL84’s. Mullards cleaned all that up and the amp sounds great. Genalex EL84’s are worth checking out too.
Did you receive your Mullards yet? I have an OR15 and had a lot of noise & fizz with the stock EL84’s. Mullards cleaned all that up and the amp sounds great. Genalex EL84’s are worth checking out too.
Rex_Rocker
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Re: Electro Harmonix or Tung Sol EL84's?
I definitely want to try the Genalex EL84's. At first glance, they look like some sort of tweaked version of EL84M's.
I did. They're warm and fat and very cool, indeed, but at high volumes, Sovtek EL84M's seem to hold the low-end together better than any other EL84's I tried.
I definitely want to try the Genalex EL84's. At first glance, they look like some sort of tweaked version of EL84M's.
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