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Originally Posted by FloridaBoy
If we were 'reasonable dudes' we would have i-Pods with ear buds. 
HaHa ha! Good one!
But we are not so we are here. I have more tubes than I need but I still bought the Mesa tubes.  However, I refuse to pay the present prices for the alleged holy grail tubes. I simply don't see the value.
Did the 350B not work for you? They need some hours to open up.
They probably do. I just listened to them for a good 3-4 hours
Better 6550? I don't know. I have a pair of the new Tungsol 6550's and will compare them to the Mesa's.
Let us know how these compare.
On to 6SN7's. I still prefer the CV-181's in my rig over the old stock that I have. What about you?
I absolutely agree.
I got a pair of the KT150's but one died. I'm not sure that they were meant for SE triode wired amps. I have some 807's but no adapters. I almost bought some today but decided not to. |
For the same reasons the KT-150 does not seem a good candidate, if I had 807's I would be ordering those adapters. If I'm not too wrong, their chances in our amp type are much better, IMO.
BTW, the EL-34 has the ideal plate current in class A (about 75 mA at 250 V), so if it has decent body of sound and acceptable bass, chances are it will perform well in our amps.