el 34 vs kt 77

If you hit the lottery, vintage EL34's are amazing. I just spent the week with NOS Mullards and NOS Groove Tubes. I don't know of anything newer that will keep up. Svetlana WXT's are good but not as smooth.

If you ever get to hear the M-O Valve Company KT 77 just one time you will be hooked for life.

Night and day all right, but the other way around :-)

I was convinced that my Mullard EL34 xf1 and xf2 tubes were the best of the best until I tried the reissue Genalex/Gold Lion KT77s. These are used as driver tubes in my 845 SET monoblocks, so your results may vary. To put it mildly. Dave

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Are these KT77 an exact replAcement for any amp which uses EL34S AS OEM OUTPUT TUBES? I have Dodd 120 wpc MK II monos. I currently use Sqvetlana Winged C throughout the output stage, and Tungsols 5671? in the splitter/driver stage.

As far as I know, yes. Dave