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In Reply to: EL-84 Recommendations posted by thetubeguy1954 on April 30, 2012 at 14:05:02:
Pretty hard to find an EL84 that doesn't sound good.
My 2 personal favorites:
1. I have some Japanese Channel Master brand that came out of a stereo integrated of the same brand. They look to me to be Matsushita, which are said to have been manufacted on ex-Amperex/Philips equipment.
2. Ei, manufactured after the Iron Curtain dropped, but before the shooting started. Internals look suspiciouly identical to the Japanese tubes mentioned above.
Others I have used and liked: RCA, Sylvania, Tesla, JJ, Sovtek. Not as crazy about GE. They are pretty good for hi-fi, but lacking "something" for guitar.
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