Elrog 300b vs we300b

@charles1dad Well said thanks.

@gsm18439  Ya I was curious about that, since many of them look almost identical. Something about the 'hanging filament' ?

@antigrunge2 What have you compared the EAT to ?

@arion Thanks which other 300B tubes did you compare them to ?

Thank you I appreciate it.

@gsm18439  How you liking the Taks vs the other tubes you have?

@larsman  Have you compared them to any other 300bs ?

Thanks guys, great points.

I think probably its between Taks, WE reissue and the elrogs. The WE is a bit more pricey but the fact you get a 5 year warranty is a huge draw.

@sns  Good point. It seems whatever direction I go among these top tubes it will be a big improvement (hopefully) over my cossor 300b black plates.

@kevn  thanks! It seems most of the 'premium' 300b are pretty close to each other price wise with the main stand out the WE reissues being $1500. Everything else is about $800-1200.

Hey guys ended up ordering the Elrog 300Bs. Thank you very much for your input. I pray to the audio gods / tube gods (like Thomas Mayer) that I made the right choice.

Thanks to everyone.

@puffball08 Right now I am using RCA clear tops as 12au7s and nos mullard from black burn facility as 12ax7. I have some other tubes too and have been rolling and listening for what I like best.

My amp has lundahl opt, vcap odams, tkd pot. Don't think there is any modded rectifiers.

@sns  Do you find that even reliable budget 300b tubes (gold lions, linlai black plates) sound as good as 'premium'/more expensive 300b tubes? WE, Elrog, TAK, ELS etc?

@sns that is awesome and makes me excited for my elrogs! A member of our discord sonic visions actually compared them and found he preferred the elrogs.

@puffball08 will look into that.

I wish the guy who made my amp used cutf caps but oh well. If I ever mod it then I can do both mods.

@puffball08 Of course ya it was the cost of it. But still wish he did so I don't have to wonder and potentially mod it.

@sns  Ya I got the ODAM in right now. From what I read they are warmer which is what I am going for so perhaps its a good thing I have them in rather than CUTF.

So far I am enjoying the elrog. It sounds exceptionally revealing and detailed. I need to listen more and compare further to my cossor black plates. The elrogs still burning in I think.

I do wonder about the Linlai WE300b clone and EML XLS tubes.

@sns Thanks will look into that. I am thinking about the caps too... either cutf or maybe something warmer like jupiters. I wish I could do copper duelands but apparently they don't fit.

The elrogs are very neutral detailed, fast, expansive. Solid tubes but i do wonder what a more romantic bloomy tube would sound like in this amp. Considering the we300b clone (linlai).