VH4 Power tubes - Suggestions

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Hey Crew.

Looks like it might be time to swap out the power tubes in my 4. I currently run SED Winged C EL34's. The plant is shut down and now there are a ton of B stock and seconds out there so I wouldn't trust buying C's. I have the stock tube PDF from peter so I know what is recommended.

I am looking to retain what the C's are/do. Suggestions? Thanks in advance for your answers and I look forward to hearing from you. :rock: on.
 
I'm not a fan of EL34's in a Diezel at all, so I would first say KT77's. Outside of that I'd go 6L6's in a VH4, that is what I have and still run my mids fairly low on mine.
 
Ruby EL34BHT's are fairly similar to the winged C's. They're my 2 favorite el34s. I don't like the BSTR's at all.
 
No, sorry.

KT77-JJ and Winged C El34 are similar. The EL34 "C" has more highs.

Chinese EL34´s are hifi.
 
Hey Guys!

Thanks for all the responses. I throw this new question out because I quite honestly don't know the answer. How much affect (if any) do power tubes have on the gain of an amp????
 
Hey Crew!

So I got a DEAL on a matched quad of RUBY-6L6GCMSTR power tubes. What do you guys think? Anyone use them? Nonetheless, I will report back with a clip but in the meantime your thoughts/opinions are sought after. :rock: on!
 
Hey Crew!!!!

I got the new glass in my 4 and I have to say that I am SUPER impressed with the 6L6's. I installed the Ruby 6L6 GCMSTR. Just punchy as hell. Everything is sooooo much more responsive! In the next couple of days I will throw a clip up let you guys decide. I would say that if you have a 4, try a set of these things.
 
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