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AMPEREX EL-34...vs...SVETLANA

11/8/1999 4:07 PM
Fj	AMPEREX EL-34...vs...SVETLANA I have a pair of AMPEREX "bugler" EL-34's... my Marshall 50 watter ('76 2204, mark 2) was "biased" for the Svetlana 34's...I stuck the Amperex's in & sound was just fabulous!...I'm presuming that the Amperex's (for that short time I had 'em in-there) were NOT damaged because I didn't "re-bias"...are these old Amperex's able to withstand same voltage, current, as the newer Svets?...the buglers (in comparison) were a LOT less schrill, a LOT fatter, & harmonics just fired off the walls!...WOW!...hope I didn't hurt them w / out re'biasing 1st...?

11/8/1999 4:07 PM

AMPEREX EL-34...vs...SVETLANA

I have a pair of AMPEREX "bugler" EL-34's... my Marshall 50 watter ('76 2204, mark 2) was "biased" for the Svetlana 34's...I stuck the Amperex's in & sound was just fabulous!...I'm presuming that the Amperex's (for that short time I had 'em in-there) were NOT damaged because I didn't "re-bias"...are these old Amperex's able to withstand same voltage, current, as the newer Svets?...the buglers (in comparison) were a LOT less schrill, a LOT fatter, & harmonics just fired off the walls!...WOW!...hope I didn't hurt them w / out re'biasing 1st...?

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Doc The early Mullard and Amperex EL34s... -- 11/8/1999 4:29 PM