I agree with most of the above. Don't buy the current Svetlana/Sovteks. The "Winged C" brand Svetlanas are really good, especially if cryo'ed. I love the sound of NOS Mullards and Telefunkens, but the current asking prices are way too high! If you can find NOS RCA EL34s, get them. The "fat bottle" Ei EL34s (6CA7s) are a nice tube at a very reasonable price too.
I need to replace my E34 tube on my Audio Aero Amp
I bought an Audio Aero Capitole amp on audiogon and recently I noticed quite the, for lack of a better description, feedback noise that would happen in my right channel shortly after powering up the amp.
I tried trading tubes from the left channel to the right and after much experimentation, I have isolated the problem to the E34 tube.
these are the tubes that came with the amp. They are 'JJs".
Question: are there better tubes? Can I use other brands or should I just stick with the same replacements?
Any suggestions, and a name of a distributor are appreciated.
thanks.
I tried trading tubes from the left channel to the right and after much experimentation, I have isolated the problem to the E34 tube.
these are the tubes that came with the amp. They are 'JJs".
Question: are there better tubes? Can I use other brands or should I just stick with the same replacements?
Any suggestions, and a name of a distributor are appreciated.
thanks.