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Warmer sounding output tubes in VTA 70

Don't get me wrong I like VERY much what I have. Also 1973shovel is absolutely correct in stating that the VTA can sound VERY modern or almost SS like.

But in it's defense it sounds like what I would imagine (because I'm never getting MY hands on one) what a $15k (insert your own crazy number) solid state amp would sound like. VERY high quality sound.

So again DO NOT get me wrong here I really like this amp. But the advantage of tubes is you can have fun rolling them. So hereeeee weeeee go.

As mentioned by 1973 I also like to have a more traditional/original tube sound at times. Yeah I want my cake and eat it too!

So any recommendations for output tubes that Jim would carry that would bring more of a ST-70 back into the picture.

The only tubes I have right now are the Shaguangs EL34 - a surprisingly good tube and the Gold Lion KT66 - an absolutely amazing tube! Lots of energy on both ends.

The set of 12AU7 that came with my kit are unbelievably crazy good. The ONLY other tube I found to sound decent in that board was the TungSol's. So let's not bother to much with tube rolling there. Already did that with Jim. As was told to me by Bob himself, you can get a LOT of change simply by changing those tubes. And he was very correct. But what it did do was change the amount of detail and background detail - if makes any sense?

charles


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Topic - Warmer sounding output tubes in VTA 70 - airtime 07:29:19 08/17/16 (48)

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