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In Reply to: RE: Eli, now I have not had any problems with any of my JJ tubes..... posted by viridian on March 15, 2014 at 09:50:47
JJ definitely knows how to make good tubes. Older production runs were fine. I suspect your blue glass E34Ls are of an older "vintage". JJ's E34L, when made with care, is superb. For quite some time, JJ's E88CC was THE value in 6DJ8 family variants.
Unfortunately, the will to manufacture a quality product has be absent, over the last few years. ;>( JJ's Octal based tubes became no better than inconsistent. The E88CC became unreliable. Numerous other examples have been noted by AA "inmates".
Take the money and run seems to be JJ's current operating theme. A truly sad situation.
Eli D.
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....are far superior to todays offerings. The Tesla tubes that I have are superior to the JJ, Ei used to make some great tubes, ditto Tungsram. SED as well had excellent, reliable tubes, which it seems are now but a memory, though reports on the current KT120 are very good. And it was not too long ago that Cetron made a marvelous, affordable, 300B right here in the US of A.
Edits: 03/15/14
The find the new PSVANE Treasure stuff is superior to all but the very best tubes of long ago. I always found the Cetron the be the worst sounding 300B I have ever owned. Maybe we have very different ears or you haven't heard the best of the new production stuff.
Aren't transistors alien technology?
If it is a 'Treasure', it's a Shuguang.
Which do you prefer?
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
Thank you for the affirmation.
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