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While cleaning/organizing my tube stash I came across a quad of Sovtek EL34G's. I purchased them around 1995.
I heard that this tube is a dog, crap etc. I believe this tube is not being made by "New Sensor/Sovtek" any more. Can anyone comment on this?
EH is offering a quad that I believe is from Russia.
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I am not an expert but I have a quad of EL34G along with a quad of EH EL34. The EL34G sounds bright, thin and flat. EH sounds much better. I still keep it for emergency. I never compare these two type of tubes with other brands' EL34 on a same system yet.
They do sound like crap, they were early Sovteks. EH's are much better but the best current production Russian tubes that I've heard so far are the reissue Mullards. Keep them if you experiment or modify, if you fry one when first firing up an amp you don't lose much.
Thanks guys.
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