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Re:Many Banthans died to bring us this information: [message #9823 is a reply to message #9822] Fri, 15 September 2006 17:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Manualblock is currently offline  Manualblock
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That is similar to the ECD model although looking at the photo it's hard to tell how similar. One of the models has a somewhat dimpeled top to it also; I don't know which.
I assume one of the two tube facories left is making all of them but I can't say for certain.

Re:Many Banthans died to bring us this information: [message #9824 is a reply to message #9823] Sat, 16 September 2006 11:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I've got a pair of GE Fatbottles NOS. These any good? as I'm hoping to do a SE EL34 someday.

Re: Looking At NOS EL 34's...! [message #9830 is a reply to message #9813] Tue, 19 September 2006 12:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dividebytube is currently offline  dividebytube
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Matsushita EL34s are of excellent quality - Japanese made, but supposedly with Mullard tooling. You often see them in Ebay under El-Menco, RCA, GE, Amperex, etc - but they usually have the 'Made in GT Britain' printed somewhere on the tube.

scroll down on the link to see a pic...


Re:Many Banthans died to bring us this information: [message #9832 is a reply to message #9824] Sun, 24 September 2006 12:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yeah; I would say they are good. The EL 34 SE; which circuit did you have in mind?

EL34 SE [message #9834 is a reply to message #9832] Mon, 25 September 2006 20:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I haven't really studied for any yet. I've glanced at the one on Angela's site.

My interest is that I purchased the Nelson Audio EL34 that Wayne had on loan as a demo from a couple of years ago. I heard it on his 7 Pi's at his house when I first met him and just really liked the sound. Unfortunately I wasn't able to pay the dealer that day and needed to run it by the significant other first. So after a week or so I paid the dealer and Wayne shipped it to me. UPS promptly dropped it hard enough to bust some connections loose and break a few other things on the inside which I wasn't aware of at the time because the outside looked in good shape. Put the tubes in it, fired it up, and boom----the whole thing went up in flames. I decided then and there that I'd never have another tube amp shipped to me. I'd either buy a new one at the dealers or build my own. So I got into building simple headphone amps to get a feel for soldering and such and now it's time to try my hand at a full fledged tube amp. The first I've decided will either be a Darling or a 6EM7 SE amp due to the fact they are fairly inexpensive, simple, and sound pretty damn good, basically use the same PS, and I have the tubes. Then we shall move onto the EL34 which is always in the back of my mind.

Re: EL34 SE [message #9835 is a reply to message #9834] Tue, 26 September 2006 10:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That deal always bummed me out too. I wish Frank had just let me send that amp home with you that day.


Re: EL34 SE [message #9836 is a reply to message #9835] Tue, 26 September 2006 10:54 Go to previous message
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Yeah, it was a nice little amp, too! I'm just glad that you were able to get UPS to own up to their screwup. Frank was a standup guy about it as well.

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