What tubes for a EAR p834


I have a EAR P834 with hovland cap upgrade. It has the stock tube (JAN 12ax7, I think). I have heard the the Telefunkens sound amazing in the Ear, but the cost for retubing would be more than I want to spend. Does anyone have any sugestions on curently produced tubes that could get me great sound? Or should I just save until I am ready to get the Teles? Thanks!
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I recently purchased some fabulous NOS RCAs -- early 60s vintage from Andy at Vintage Tube Services. I must say that these tubes had an immediate positive impact on the sound. Less noise, more detail, greater dynamics. Overall, I'm very impressed. Much better than I thought.

These RCAs were not cheap though. I'm not sure what your budget is, but the RCAs were cheaper than NOS Teles and Mullards, and possibly NOS Mazdas. Highly recommended.