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Ray Tubes RESERVE EL34

Price range: €312.50 through €1,375.00

The RESERVE EL34 offers powerful low frequencies, a balanced midrange, clear high frequencies, and excellent resolution. Its wide dynamic range and soundstage make it ideal for large-scale, complex compositions.

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The RESERVE EL34 offers powerful low frequencies, a balanced midrange, clear high frequencies, and excellent resolution. Its wide dynamic range and soundstage make it ideal for large-scale, complex compositions.

  • Bass is solid and powerful, clearly showcasing the layering of low frequencies in genres like rock and electronic music.
  • The midrange frequencies are balanced and full with excellent detail reproduction and a rich, warm layering.
  • The treble performance is bright and transparent, exhibiting high levels of detail without excessive harshness or interference.
  • The dynamic range is very wide, while the soundstage is expansive with rich layers and an excellent sense of space.

The EL34 is a power pentode vacuum tube that was introduced by Mullard in 1955 and is usually found in an amplifier’s final output stage. Befitting its British origins, the EL34 was commonly used in amps built by companies like Marshall and Vox—as such, it became associated with British music of that era.

The Ray Tubes RESERVE Collection isn’t for everyone. It’s the distillation of decades of experience. RESERVE reveals audio details you never knew were there.

  • Bespoke design and small-batch production
  • Hand-selected by engineers to our most meticulous standards
  • Higher quality materials, including gold pins for longevity
  • Monocrystalline carbon Magic Coating for improved heat dissipation
  • Substantially more consistent performance than New Old Stock
  • Covered by the Ray Tubes One Year Warranty

Dimensions and pinout

Package Contents

  • Set of two or four vacuum tubes
  • User handbook featuring burn-in guidelines
  • Certificate of authenticity and warranty

Additional information

Tube Type

EL34

Tube Socket

8-pin

Max Anode Dissipation Power

25 W

Max Screen Dissipation Power

8 W

Output Power in Class A1 Amp (Single Tube)

Greater than 10 W

Output Power in Class AB1 Amp

Greater than 35 W

Max Anode Voltage

800 V

Max Screen Voltage

500 V

Max Grid Voltage

~15 V

Heater Voltage

6.3 V

Heater Current

1.5 A

Transconductance

11 mA/V

Amplification Factor

11

Internal Resistance

15 kΩ

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