I've put about 15 hours on a matched quad of NOS RCAs from the early '60s in my Jolida 102b driving Totem Model One Signatures; absolutely wonderful and no comparison to the stock EH EL84s. In conjunction with NOS RCA 12AT7 input tubes and an upgraded 12AX7 preamp tube I no longer need a subwoofer in my bedroom system.
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