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Ray Tubes SELECT EL34

Price range: €112.50 through €495.00

The SELECT EL34 offers powerful base and rich mid-to-high frequencies, perfect for users seeking balanced and detailed sound.

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The SELECT EL34 offers powerful base and rich mid-to-high frequencies, perfect for users seeking balanced and detailed sound.

  • The bass is solid with a very clear low-end, making it ideal for genres like rock and electronic music.
  • The midrange frequencies are full and natural with a warm, expressive tone. Vocals especially are detailed and realistic.
  • The treble performance is clear and richly-detailed without excessive harshness.
  • The dynamics are particularly suited to large contrasts, while the soundstage is wide with precise imagining and layers.

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 SELECT Collection offers the best tubes you’ll ever need. It goes above and beyond the baseline to bring out the best in all your favorites.

  • Designed and manufactured by a team with decades of experience
  • Hand-selected by engineers—only the top tubes make the cut
  • Gold pins for durability and longevity
  • 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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