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But, but , but...

They are very different tubes. The 6L6 has twice the Plate resistance and puts out half the power as the EL34. If you just swap 6L6 into a circuit designed for a EL34, you are not optimizing the tube. I hate to say it, but you might like the effect this non-optimization has on the sound.

Properly set up, I have no problem with EL34 and would definitely say that they are not the bottom of the barrel. But, hey, it is a free country.

Altec must have been daft to design an amp out of the bottom of the barrel tubes :-)


Edits: 02/21/15
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