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Thanks for the information. My two different brands 5Z3's (4-Pin 5U4G) do not convince me yet ... I wonder if it has to do with the Chinese adapter I'm using (my sockets are octal).
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RCA Black Plate 6L6GC (NOS) GE 6L6GC (NOS) Gold Lion KT88 Tung Sol KT120 6N3C (NOS) Phillips 5Y3GYS (NOS) Tube Store 274B (Shuguang?) Mullard (badged Westinghouse) 5AR4 (NOS) Brimar 5Z4G (NOS) GE 5Y3GT (NOS) 6N1P-EB (Rocket-1971) (NOS) Sylvania JAN 6189 Sylvania 12AU7 (NOS) CONN 12AU7 (NOS) The mystery 6CG7 (has to be old school because it has bad yellow labeling) I am still trying to figure out my favorite combinations, but it is a slow process because I change one type of tube at a time. I know that I really like the 6N1P as a driver, the RCA 6L6GC blackplate is "special" and the Gold Lion KT88 is a really good modern tube IMHO. I am about to go nuts on another tube buying binge and will keep you posted. Mark W. |
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I've been through some tube rolling with my KT88 amp and have generally allowed extended listening periods (weeks) each time to hear the subtle changes as well as the larger, more obvious changes that come with rolling.
Well, as I've been going through my inventory of tubes (way too many) to sort out exactly what I have, in and amongst the caddie of preamp octals I found a beauty of a NOS Sylvania 6SN7GT with perfectly matched sections and ultra low noise test readings. I thought I'd swap out the RCA I've had in there just to see what difference it would make thinking it wouldn't be huge. Seriously wrong. Massive change in detail, separation and soundstage. Beautiful. It's not coming out of there. I'm looking to see if I have another one. This is paired with ordinary Sovtek KT88's & a Mullard 5AR4. I'll leave this config in there for a while and then drop in a pair of GL KT88's that I have and give it some time. These amps respond to driver changes to an even greater degree than any of my other amps do. Really surprising. |
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