Best (not silly priced)EL34's and were to buy?

[sgmypod]

Best (not silly priced)EL34's and were to buy?..please help

[Pete24v]

JJ or Svetlana Winged C from Hotrox in Nottingham.

[MDV]

I quite like the JJ, but my experience of EL34s is far from extensive; only had one such amp.

[Will]

In my experience, JJ's are a bit sharper, and Svet winged C's are grainier. What is the amps natural characteristic? and what sound are you looking for?
FWIW I prefer the JJs in my old JMP master Vol

[Twinfan]

JJ or Svetlana Winged C from Hotrox in Nottingham.

Couldn't agree more.  That's what and where I'd be looking if I still had any EL34 amps  :)

[Matt77]

The 2 Mullards I'm about to put on e-bay. No idea what condition as I have no testing kit but one appears unused  :)

[Oli]

Regular Svetlana for me, eBay the place :)

[HTH AMPS]

Winged-C- are the best current production EL34s, imo.

You would be best off spending a little more and finding some old stock Siemens EL34s - REALLY nice.

[JamesHealey]

Groove Tubes EL34M
Winged =C= EL34
JJ/Tesla EL34 (NOT E34L this is a different tube that sounds poopy)

that's the order for me in terms of quality of tone, I buy from hotroxuk.

I personally buy NOS Mullard XF2 Dual Getters from a friend in canada who has over 100 of them stock piled.

[Dmoney]

I use jj when I change. But right now my soldano has winged c and my uber has ruby el34. Maybe I got those mixed up. Anyone tried kt77 in el34 amp?

[sgmypod]

twinfan what valves you have in your amps at moment

[_tom_]

Winged Cs improved the sound of my Laney quite a bit, less fizz and graininess.

[sgmypod]

is there just one type or more winged c's

[_tom_]

Mine are Svetlana I think.

[Twinfan]

twinfan what valves you have in your amps at moment

Relic Deluxe - JJ 6L6s and JJ ECC83s
Orion - Shuguang and Golden Lion KT-66s, JJ ECC83s
M45/100 - Shuguang KT-66s, (old) Mazda and (new) Tungsol ECC83s
M45 - Shuguang KT-66s, JJ ECC83s