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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54
I sold off most of my EL84's except for the three exotic sets I have and the Russian military EL84's. I will look around and see if I have any extras lying around, but I don't think so. To bad Ei isn't in business anymore. They made the best sounding modern EL84's. Let me know what you think of the JJ's. I think they make more than one type of EL84, but I may be wrong.
Marty
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I only see one model JJ listed so far as far as the EL84's go. I"ll let you know how they do. Should be here in a week. If you ever do come across something let me know and I would gladly buy them from you too. Keep me in mind. I put the Tung Sol pre's in the NT and I can't really say I heard much if anything different from the EH's that were in it. Will see how changing the power tubes goes.
This one sounds interesting but expensive:
The RFT EL84 tube is a rugged tube that was made in East Germany in the '70's. This EL84 tube is clear and detailed without being bright or etched. The RFT EL84 tends to overdrive easy making it a good choice for hard rock and blues. $65 for a matched pair.
The reissue Gold Lion sounds interesting too but may be to wide to fit in the NT:
Clean tones are chimey and sparkling with single coil pickups and a bit darker with humbuckers. The overdrive on these tubes is smoooth. No gritty, raspy tones, the tubes have just the right amount of compression to track with the overdrive and keep it beautifully controlled while blooming nicely as the note fades out. This produces a very nice organic sustain. "These tubes have a slightly larger diameter than other EL84 tubes so they can not be used in Marshall DSL201 or DSL401 amplifiers, or reissue Vox AC15 amps.