I went to buy a pair of EL84 tubes to mount an amplifier, which I got on the Internet, and the store clerk tried to push me two 6BQ5 saying it was the same thing. I did not accept ... I'm right.
The two tubes are the same thing. EL84 is the specification by the European nomenclature. So if the manufacturer is European (Philips, for example) the spec is EL84. However, American and overseas manufacturers use the American nomenclature which is 6BQ5. See our tubes section for how to interpret the specifications. For example, 6 indicates the supply voltage in type 6BQ5. You can buy the 6BQ5 which is the same as the EL84 ...
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