Sovtek EL84 Pair

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Sovtek EL84 Pair
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Used in blues junior 3, happy with the result
Andrew822 09.12.2021
Had a fail in a power tube in a blues junior 3 after years of use with the stock tubes. Consider I am not changing tubes for any search for a different response or search of a tone in mind. Decided to buy these as they are pre matched plugged straight in no issues work really well. I cant say if they change the sound at all but I did reach for the bass knob and felt the need to add a bit more I am using a telecaster never the less they look and feel quality product and so far I am happy with them. Lets see if they last for years like the stock ones did. So in summary you cant go wrong for the money and the amp still sounds good after the install. Whats not to like consider though I am no cork sniffer in search of the golden imaginary tone I believe most of it is in the fingers anyway followed by the pick ups, nut and bridge material of the said guitar.
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albertotp 12.01.2019
After many years of light use, I decided to replace the original EL84's Groove Tubes in my Fender Blues Junior Tweed by these matched pair of Sovteks. I think these are the cheapest or one of the cheapest EL84 pairs I've found at Thomman, but I was not disappointed in any way. I could not notice much of a difference in sound at low bedroom levels, which I did not necessarily want/expect. Nevertheless, I feel more confident taking the amp to gigs now and I kept the old original tubes as spares.

Order processing by Thomann and delivery were fast as usual, and the tubes were super secure and arrived intact. I can definitely recommend this product.
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Kurarre 10.02.2020
I have Orange Jim Root Terror and I was looking for new lamps.
Compare to JJ and Tesla from 60's I can highly recommend Sovtek.
Much more clarity and dynamic range on clean and distorted sound then JJ. Slightly lose to Tesla but it's more than twice price.
Best quality/price and nice matched pair from Thomann.
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Bold and Warm
chaosepher 31.03.2021
I have used these tubes to replace power amp tubes in a AC15 style amp. The set i had before started making noise/crackles. These give the amp a little more "thump" and a bigger bottom end "warmer" sound. However it did not alter the high end responce so apart from a bolder/warmer sound they are transparent.
I have not noticed extra noise or other artifacts. I have not driven my power amp section into overdrive so i cant say what for sound these have when the amp is fully turned up (too loud for where i play)

So all by all i would say these are a good replacement for a overly bright (cheap/tiny sounding) or dull sounding amp.
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Replaced Groove Tubes with these
Mombasaflash 25.02.2022
These have been installed ina Blues Junior to replace the original GrooveTubes, one of which went crackly. I am not sure whether GrooveTubes are just rebranded Sovtek valves but these are doing a good job. The little BJ amp is sounding hot and spunky again.
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Very good product overall
Aimilios 02.11.2018
Very good product, however I'm still experiencing a glitch since I installed them (I use them on a Vox AC10C1 amp with a Gibson Les Paul Classic 2015): when turning the tone switch up I'm having a buzz. Still haven't figured out if it's the tubes or something else though.
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Sovtek instead of JJ
Anonymous 25.05.2015
I had to buy sovtek along with per-amp jj tubes because i couldn't find jj el84 at thomann. anyway, the shipment was fast as always and the packing is good although the shipping box was too big for few tubes (6).
I put replaced the power tubes with sovtek and the per-amp with JJ. and the sound was not as impressive. i did change one of the JJ (V2) position back to the Chinese stock that came with the ac15c1 vox and the sound was better.
after that i decided to put the Chinese el84 back in the amp. just for the sake of comparison. and the result was that the sovyek had slightly lower output power than the stock Chinese, but the sound is well shaped and with nice harmonic. whereas the Chinese had the sound and distortion going anywhere without any precision.
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Better matched than amp manufacturer
Anonymous 09.08.2016
These EL84s were better bias matched than the original pair from Boogie for my mini rectifier head. Could be my ears but they did seem to lack something in the sound that I had previously, but since they were matched there was also no crazy humming either! :)

Worth a shot, and good as a set of spares in the bag.
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Fender Blues Jr.
CarlosLeitao 03.07.2018
These tubes sound great on the Fender Blues Jr.
At first I thought they sounded strange, but they just need to be a little bit worn at the beginning (I played loudly for one afternoon).
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Standard tube?
Göran L. 14.01.2014
I replaced the factory stock tubes in my Fender Blues Junior with the and they did work out just fine. Compared to the old tubes the amp got a little more clarity and punch.
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