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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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mechans
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I have heard only good things about the New Sensor GL EL84s. I have been using the GL reissue KT-88s for almost 2 years. They are fabulous.
I would be a little more cautious about an EL-84 reccomedation because your reference is a tube I have used that is unparalelled in every parameter you care about. In simple wording the originasl Mullards have spanked every other EL-84 I have including other NOS Tubes.
Let us know how they compare.
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