Here's my shortlist

Posted by thoriated_tiger (A) on September 20, 2004 at 10:12:57

In Reply to: A list of excellent new production tubes? posted by BRab on September 20, 2004 at 08:11:37:

Jim allready mentioned the SED EL34, so that leaves me with the JJ ECC83S. Careful now, cause labeling can get screwy -- the ECC83S JJ I'm talking about is a copy of the Telefunken ECC803S frame-grid 12AX7. Easily recognized due to its funky look - it has a very short, squat plate structure with a massive getter support -- looks nothing like a regular 12AX7, but to my ears sounds delicous.

These are copies made on the same tooling, or so I hear. I also read somewhere that Tesla (what JJ was before it was JJ) made the last ECC803s for TFK. Dunno if any of this is correct, but visually they look identical save for the lack of gold pins on the JJ.

Some folks say it compares favorably to the Real Thing (the TFK ECC803S) -- but I wouldn't know -- 803s go for waaaaay too much moolah.

I will say I like it better than any 12AX7 i've thrown at my arc sp6a. Including long and short plate Telefunkens, and *definitely* over Sovtek 12AX7.

My current sextet are approaching one year of use, still sound good, no reliability issues. *knocks on wood*

I'm not impressed by any current 5AR4. I'm currently running a JJ 5AR4, let's see if it does a year without blowing up.

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Topic - A list of excellent new production tubes? - BRab 08:11:37 09/20/04 (16)

Thanks and a question - BRab 07:30:23 09/21/04 (2)

Re: Thanks and a question - tvr2500m 16:51:40 09/21/04 (0)

Re: Thanks and a question - Zof 07:52:05 09/21/04 (0)

Where do you buy your tubes from? - ultrakaz 19:42:15 09/20/04 (2)

Re: Where do you buy your tubes from? - BRab 05:13:17 09/21/04 (0)

Re: Where do you buy your tubes from? - andy evans 01:23:44 09/21/04 (0)

Re: A list of excellent new production tubes? - Frank 15:57:45 09/20/04 (0)

Why no mention of the JJ E34L? Mine have been great nt - Philament 13:53:10 09/20/04 (1)

Re: Why no mention of the JJ E34L? Mine have been great nt - JKT 14:00:56 09/20/04 (0)

Here's my shortlist - thoriated_tiger 10:12:57 09/20/04 (1)

Yes - Original Tesla did make E83CC Frame Grid in 70's and 80's (Pic) - tubemonger 11:53:02 09/20/04 (0)

Re: A list of excellent new production tubes? - Jim McShane 09:43:20 09/20/04 (2)

Re: A list of excellent new production tubes? - dubai2000 11:15:48 09/20/04 (0)

Re: A list of excellent new production tubes? - Eli Duttman 11:11:05 09/20/04 (0)

Re: A list of excellent new production tubes? - driver8 09:08:14 09/20/04 (1)

Re: A list of excellent new production tubes? - andy evans 10:52:40 09/20/04 (0)

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Here's my shortlist - thoriated_tiger 10:12:57 09/20/04 (1)

Yes - Original Tesla did make E83CC Frame Grid in 70's and 80's (Pic) - tubemonger 11:53:02 09/20/04 (0)

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