JJ E83CC?

[Bash_Man]

So got to try out the new E83CC for a bit today...It was pretty much as advertised..bright-ish..defined and articulate, but the low end was not quite as tight as expected...kinda rounded off a bit., but not flubby.

A cool surprise was the Psvane I also bought.

My normal reference/always V1 tube in my Fireball is a long black plate Raytheon. The Psvane compares very favorably to that. The biggest surprise was on the clean channel...the Psvane had a "3d-ish" quality to it...almost an audible "glow"...gotta love us guitar players with our abstract crazy terms to describe what we hear.
Highly recommend trying the Psvane out..I got mine from Tube Depot.

How would you describe the difference between the JJ E83CC and the Psvane when it comes to high gain sound?

 

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

I hear that same sound - like a sloppy unorganized muffle. It’s why I hate JJ preamp tubes and their power tubes are completely unreliable these days.

Really? I have a bunch from 5 to 10 years ago and they were pretty good back then. Cheap too.

 

[Skolphy]

How would you describe the difference between the JJ E83CC and the Psvane when it comes to high gain sound?

The Psvane has a bit more raw natural aggressiveness...just a touch more..both tubes a re good, but for my taste the Psvane is my choice.

 

[Skolphy]

Really? I have a bunch from 5 to 10 years ago and they were pretty good back then. Cheap too.

For some reason I just never really liked the JJ preamp tubes, but I've had good luck with their 6L6s...had a block letter a while back and JJ's were just killer in it...never had any failure from them either..just lucky I guess in that respect.