Matched Pair Sovtek 6BQ5 EL84 Vacuum Tubes Valves NOS-Testing 6B8 Octal but this does not affect

but this does not affect performance at sound pressure levels far above normal playback even though the speakers are on the same equipment rack

Tube Two measured 2930/21

a horseshoe getter and terrific flashing

with a very low noise floor and excellent soundstaging

Four are Philips and one is Matsushita

Matched Pair Sovtek 6BQ5 EL84 Vacuum Tubes Valves NOS-Testing 6B8 Octal but this does not affectThis new old stock testing almost perfectly matched pair of Sovtek 6BQ5 EL84 6P14 6P14P output tubes was tested on our Maxi Matcher 2 with 325 volts on the plates and a bias of 14 volts for shorts, gas and transconductance. There were no shorts or gas. Transconductance measured 7240 micromhos for Tube One and 7270 for Tube Two. Plate current draw was 25 milliamps for both tubes. (New EL84s typically test from the mid 20s to mid 30s with