Product: Electro-Harmonix 6L6EH
Price Paid: US $16.00
Submitted
12/01/2005
at
06:41pm
by
the Swede
Features
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7
EH is Sovtek. They are the exact same tubes!
Sound Quality
:
4
The 6L6 EH/Sovteks have Ok mids, razor blade highs & flabby lows.
I guess that says it all. Maybe I got a bad Quad but from what
I've gathered from my Amp tech friends the "New" EH tubes are just repackaged Sovteks. Well, Sovteks aren't known for their warm/fat tone.
I'm actually more pissed off that the online tube vendors are pushing these tubes as a "New design" when it's just a Sovtek tube with an EH logo on it.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
The are built well!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
3
I've been at this Rock & Roll thing for years. I work hard, play hard & value my hard earned dollar. New Sensor group can "kiss it" if they think they're going to make folks happy by selling tubes that can't perform to description.
I asked for a warm sounding tubes and got these high-end shrill sounding
6L6's.
Thanks EH/Sovtek/New Sensor, who ever the hell you are. EH could prepare their dealers a little better so they don't push EH products when they're unsure about what they're selling.
Product: Electro-Harmonix 6L6EH
Price Paid: US $29.00
Submitted
08/17/2005
at
02:22pm
by
Rick Taylor
Features
:
9
Modeled after the RCA 6L6GC "Blackplate" tube used in many Fender Amps in the 60's & 70's. With large plates and improved grid structure. Thick glass and Mica spacers to reduce vibration in guitar amps.
Sound Quality
:
9
It has the classic 6L6 sound with Fat midrange response. In my Fender HR DeVille the tubes gave a fat midrange response with a good low end. The lows were comparable to the SED 6L6's which these replaced. I would say the EH tubes had even more lowend and a more pleasing high end response than the SEDS. The SEDS had a bit more clarity overall but I preferred the wider sounding frequency response of the 6L6EH. They sounded HUGE in my amp. The EH set were much fatter sounding in the clean and drive channels. In the drive channel the EH tubes seemed to have much more lowend growl and more midrange guts than the seds. And were just as smooth sounding. The bottom end was extended more then seds but also tight not flabby. I was skeptical about these tubes but I tried them and liked them better then the SEDS.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Only had them for 1 month not long enough to give a score here.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never dealt with Electro Harmonix customer support.
Overall Rating
:
9
As mentioned dabove I put these in a Fender HR Deville. My main guitar is an American standard strat with a Duncan Pearly gates HB in the bridge and real Bill Lawrence (from bill lawrence.com) single coils in the middle and neck. For distortion I use a vintage TS-9, a rat II, a Boss Mega distortion and an Ibanez Tube King (excellent pedal by the way) after a little Guyatone compressor. Also use a Holy Grail reverb, Fasel wah, Micro Vibe, and a DM-4 delay.
The EH 6L6's sounded huge in my amp with lots of lowend umph a fat and complex midrange, just as much harmonics as the SEDS, and just the right amount of bite to cut through the mix with onstage.
I guess in the final analysis all I can say is that the 6L6EH valves are still in my amp and the SEDS are sitting in a box of spares.
