Description
(!!!!) (Best Overall Single) EF86 Telefunken Germany bottom NOS gray shield 1972 (3.7ma) (Neumann, Lawson, Soundelux, Manley)
1 tube) EF86 Telefunken Germany <> bottom gray shield NOS
(72-06=1972) same date codes in white boxes from Telefunken factory case
with Eagle Crest logo
3.7ma
Gm=2300
Best sounding EF86 you can buy
Tested on Amplitrex
Good Ma range 2.6-3.5ma
Good Gm range 1800-2200
Recommended for
– Microtek Gefell UM92S
– Eastern Electric M520 amp
– VOX AC10
– Soundelux U99 [ LUCKY DEVIL SOUND (Oakland, CA) ]
– Neumann U47, U48, U67
– Manley Baby Tube mic
– Lawson L47MP
– Microtek UM92.1S mic [ CATFISH STUDIO (Lombard, IL) ]
– U67 [Sugar Hill Recording Studios (Houston, TX) “Abbey Road of the South” ]
– U67 (Bucbonera Records SL, Spain)
– U67 [ Retromedia Sound Studios (Red Bank, NJ)]
– Blue Bottle [Vertigo Sound Lab (Boulder, CO)]
– U47 [ Kyle Homme (Orange, CA)]
– Shindo Monbrison Phono preamp
– JADIS JP80MC preamp