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6L6's vs. EL34's...what's the difference... |
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Justdrumin 
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 Topic: 6L6's vs. EL34's...what's the difference...Posted: September 28 2020 at 10:03 |
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and which do you prefer?...I only have experience with EL34's until recently when I got a Laney GH100L and the Laney takes both (with a switch for auto-biasing)- I the 6L6's sound like they have more umph (low end) while the EL34's like to scream more to my ears... what's the difference? which do you prefer and why? |
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Catcher10
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Posted: September 28 2020 at 21:07 |
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I have no experience with guitar amps....but had a friend who had tube amp for hi fi and it used EL34s. He used to roll Mullards, JJ Electronics and Electro harmonic. We always preferred the mullards due to a beefier low end.
I have a DAC with tube out buffer and prefer JJ tubes due to a nicer low end.....so I guess it depends.
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Davesax1965
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Posted: September 30 2020 at 09:30 |
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"It depends which sound you like".
There is therefore no correct answer. |
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Catcher10
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Posted: September 30 2020 at 14:07 |
Very true.....the correct answer is whatever your ears like
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ForestFriend
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Posted: October 14 2020 at 18:15 |
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I have a guitar amp (Egnater Rebel-20) with both 6L6 and EL84 power tubes and a knob that lets me switch between them and blend them. I honestly couldn't tell you the difference between them; maybe I just don't crank my amp enough to really hear it.
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