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In Reply to: Which NOS EL84 for audio amplifier? posted by greg7 on March 21, 2012 at 19:01:56:
NOS EL84s of any stripe are costly, with Mullard and Amperex being extremely so. :>(
JJ's EL84s have reasonable "tone", are relatively inexpensive, and (at least for now) reliable, unlike their Octal production.
While "reissue" GEC tubes are undoubtedly nice, the price is fairly high.
Eli D.
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