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New production EL84/6BQ5 tubes?

Right now there finally seems to be alot of new choices in this tube type. Has anyone out there done their own shoot out of these tubes? How do they compare to your favorite NOS types? I am curious about the new Mullards, Gold Lions, TAD (Tube Amp Doctor),etc. Or, do you feel the standard Electro Harmonix and Sovteks are good enough. How about sharing your experiences and saving us all a bunch of time and money. I'll share this: I am very impressed with the Gold Lions even though my reference is NOS Mullard or "D" getter Bugle boys. I'm thinking of getting another set of the Lions, but maybe there is something even better out there. What do you think? Amps by the way are the Fisher 30A mono's
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gundam91
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Yes. I had compared them to NOS tubes and found them, surprisingly, to sound very good. And I had a very negative preconception of the brand prior to trying them out due to their horrible reputation with 6DJ8/6922 tubes.

The pair I had tried was lent to me by a friend. According to him, these were from the 1980s. I am not sure if recent vintage EL84Ms are from the same manufacturing plant as some have suggested that they are not.

FrankC
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