EL34 tubes- alternates to matched octet for Primaluna HP dialogue premium

I had that exact amp for a while and had a lot of fun doing some shootouts with various EL-34s and KT-120s.  The clear standouts were the NOS RFT EL-34s and the PSVane EL-34s.  I could have lived happily with either set and they made a huge difference over the stock tubes.  Huge.  Particularly in the highs (less harsh than the stock tubes—but my system is very resolving and accentuates sharp highs when they are present), and much warmer miss and overall fuller richer sound.  

I didn’t have the guts (money) to spring for anything like NOS Mullards or Siemens.  Those are crazy expensive.  RFT manufactures EL-34s for Siemens and others back in the day so I think it’s a good way to try something that should be in the same league for a lot less money and see what you think.  A matched quad of those is $250 or less on eBay.   I stuck with those and never looked back.  Until I switched amps of course (that was 3 amps ago).  The journey never ends.  Enjoy yours.  

@meiatflask - I have Magnepan 20.7 Planar speakers and so my amps came with stock EL 34 which were very warm and gave me that very intimate tube sound that we all love, but lacked in the area of bass and dynamics compared to the KT150’s. I also believe the 150’s expands the soundstage a few rows further than the EL34’s. More like being in the 5th row. You do lose some of the subtle nuances and inner detail that the EL34’s give but I’m talking a fraction. I have the Tung-Sol KT150’s and IMHO they are simply bad-ass.

Cheers

For me the 50 year Treasure tubes are  a blow me away change.

@meiatflask, I have a set of 8 Premium Grade Black Bottle Treasure tubes with about 600 hours on them so they are broken in, pulled them from my VTL MB125s that are boxed up to go back to factory for rebuild, if you pay the shipping to you and back to me, you are welcome to try them out for a month or so. Let me know.

@tooblue - sounds like an offer I can’t refuse.  How do we do this? Can you send me a message/email outside of the discussion so we can word out the details directly?