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In Reply to: EL34 posted by Tazsmonn on January 08, 2003 at 17:20:38:
How is Slovtek holding up agains Svetlana?I was planning for the Svetlana, but the are to expencive here.
(Svetlana is more then double the price of Slovtek!)
Follow Ups:
Hello Charms,I live in NL also - and I never had a problem finding in finding Svetlana EL34s for reasonable money.
The Sovtek/EH costed around 11 Euro a shot at Rik Stoet's shop in
The Hague.Amplimo list the Svetlana around 16 Euro a piece.
Both sell via Internet and mail order.
Through local electronic supply I have bought large numbers of Svetlanas for round about 10 Euro a shot.
Regards,
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PS: My recommendation is: Do yourself a favour and do _not_ use the EHs for HiFi-Audio. The result to be expected is mediocre - the fact
that the Electro-Harmonix are build for instrument amps is audible -
they sound rather peculiar...
Hi mb!
Happy New Year! I also found the EH EL34 sounds horrible. What about JJ? What's your comment? I find it pretty musical.Cheers!
PPT
Hi PPT,happy new year to you too. Had been inactive for some time - workload-related - still have to answer your email...
I cannot really comment on the JJ EL34 - I had a look at it once and found the samples shown a little brittle. I tried the JJ E34L instead, which is more sturdy in its build - not bad, but needs lots of bias curren. In my modified Copland CTA-401 (PP-Ultralinear), the Svetlanas become palatable at 35 mA bias, and really sing at 45 mA.
The JJ E34L sounds edgy below about 50..55 mA - and sounds smooth and refined at 60mA. This means I have to run the flat out to make them sing - do not like this too much, as the amp runs very hot that way - the Copland has a closed chassis with vents, and valve life is compromised.If running the valves hot is not an issue for you, then give them a try - they can be an alternative to the Svet - albeit the sound is quite different.
Regards,
Michael
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