EL34 options Radford STA25
I was led to believe that changing the power valves (EL34s) in my Radford STA25 mk3
Wouldn’t give much if any change in presentation due to the circuit used.
But ... I had the opportunity to swap out the valves to KT77 (gold lion) over the weekend.
I didn’t much care for the results, just a bit too ommphy for me (although I didn’t give these new valves long and I suspect things may have changed given time?)
Anyway they were only on loan.
But they were certainly different to the JJ El34s
This quick experiment has stoked my curiosity into EL34 options
And if ‘better’ results can be had with different EL34s, either new or NOS..
I am currently using the JJ brand valves that came with the amp,
which in all fairness sound good to these ears but I’m intrigued..
Any thoughts?!
Appreciated