Seeking best sounding El-34 tubes for my power amplifier


I have a 150 watt monoblocks  amplifiers made by Thor Audio. Thor Audio is out of business for quite a few years. Each 150 watt monoblock is round and has 8 El-34 output tubes on each monoblock for a total of 16 tubes.  I currently have Sovtek tubes. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. 

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I have found Siemens/ RFT East Germany EL 34 dimple tops from the 60s to be the absolute best. Seems to always be some NOS out there in the market and  most of the others mentioned are fine but these are best in the amps I've used them in. Just my opinion  

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+++1 for the PSVane EL34PH tubes; luckily for me, I only needed 4 tubes

I've only had new issue tubes in my Aric Audio Transcend "Push Pull" EL34 tube amp; but the EL34PH were the best of the 3 sets I tried. I'd really like to try the Ray's Tubes EL34 Reserve tubes, but their $200 each price tag puts them directly in comparison with some nice NOS tubes.

My favorite Chinese tube supplier is jjyaudio.com, Helen is a reliable provider and a joy to deal with.....and has the best costs I've seen ($75 per EL34PH tube). Very safe and reliable shipping as well.

I agree,the Psvane EL34PH are some of the better new production tubes available. They bettered both the Mullard new production and Winged C EL34’s in my system.  They’re also available directly from Psvane for $157 per pair and I believe you get a 1 yr. Warranty.  My understanding is the Ray’s Reserve are suppose to be very good for new production but for almost $1k for a matched quad x 4 I can think of better things to do with 4 grand, lol.

Definitely agree with others in that the best new production tube is the Psvane EL34PH. Had Tesla, then Gold Lion KT88, then knew it was a home run with the Psvane. Would NOS be awesome? Oh yeah... but at what $$ and what ability for matching and in quantity. Ooof.