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Best EL84 SE amplifier?

This was too tempting, so I ordered one. Should be here any day. Have you had any reliability issues? I got the schematic from the vendor, and it shows that the screen grid is at 270v while the plate is at 260v. I don't know too much about this, but I thought that would lead to premature tube death.
No issue so far. I ordered mine without tubes and put my own selection of tubes on it, including the robust Russian version of el84
 
Thanks! Good to know that your amp has worked fine. I also have some Russian 6p14 I plan to use. I have added the schematic in case someone more knowledgeable than me want to comment.

JBH_6n1_el84_circuit_diagram.jpg
 
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