SET question best 45 type tube

Well, i just started another topic and people are more active there if anyone interested. 

Hey there, it hard to resist and i finally bought the Yamamoto a-08s too, it was in my wantlist for many years when i had tube gear. It's crazy, because i sold my tube gear and now using First Watt F2J and Aleph L passive (latest version that became active only when needed). Actually First Watt F2J with Aleph L is killer combination in my system.  It would be nice to compare, because people who reviewed FW and Yamamoto on 6 moons like them both.

But damn, i could not resist and now waiting for my Yamamoto a-08s with NOS vintage tubes supplied by Yamamoto. The amp is almost unused. 

EML tubes in Yamamoto are better to look at, but how do they sound? 

My speakers are cyber efficient (101dB) Zu Audio Druid, upgraded mk4 version with Radian Supertweeters (new high pass filter) and latest Nano Drivers from Zu Audio (boght as two kits). 

My source is vinyl only, many different phono stages, turntables, cartridges. ... 

Another preamp is First Watt B1 (buffer preamp, passive). 

Any other on here using Yamamoto a-08s with Zu Druid speakers ?

I've heard about Emmission Lab 45 tubes, this post is old, would be nice to read more comments regarding those tubes in 2020. 

Here is the factory tour.    

Some inexpensive preamps that can be better than mine ? 

Thanks 

There is a really good comparison between EML mesh plates and solid plates on 6moons

Thanks guys,
I've read that the mesh plates might be a little noisier and less reliable than the solids which could be a problem with the duos. This, togther with your comments, is steering me towards the solid plate 45's. If the EML tubes sound anywhere near as great as they look they will be excellent indeed.

Thanks for your help with this,

Myron.

I don't know what kind of sound you are looking for, but, if you are looking for weight and a good bottom end, the EML solid plate will give you that. A friend had lots of problems with early production meshplates, but the solid plate tubes that he got as a replacement (two pairs of meshplates failed very quickly) are working just fine.

I currently run meshplate 2a3s in a parallel SET and they are my favorite 2a3s. They may be a bit less extended and open on top than the Sofia tube and NOS RCA double plates that I have, but the added weight and deeper bass response makes them my own preference. So far, they have been working fine for more than a year.

In short, I like EML tubes a lot. I just wish they weren't so costly.

EML 45s are the best out there but I would go with the solid plate version. Mesh plate have had hum and emission (or lack thereof) issues in the past.

-Ed