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In Reply to: RE: Why don't you try a pair of these and report back? posted by Ivan303 on April 09, 2014 at 08:48:31
The owner of these amps had the Western Electric 300b,and the TJ music carbon plates which aren't cheap as well as the Treasures that you see.
He said the TJs were the best for extension and the Shuggies were next best overall..The Western Electrics didn't extend as well at either end and lacked bottom end..If these 900 dollars are a sonic copy,you might be disappointed.
I personally like the Single ended pentodes really well.I heard a KT88 SE amp that Kegger built with Edcor iron at the AK Fest and it could have been the best sounding single ended amp at the show.It was really well done and had mostly all motor run caps in the power supply with well selected components for everything else..I got the recipe for that amp and I would love to build one.
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
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Yeah I want you to build me one too. No kidding. I like SEP's. I'll send you an e-mail.
My WE 300B experience mirrors yours. The TJ mesh were better in my Laurels.
Have an earlier version of the TJ perf. plate globes with 2.5V fil. for AC fil. duty, but they are the earlier microphonic version.
Also have an older pair of KR Enterprises 300B, they would be microphonic as well.
Have enjoyed the WE300B for all of these years but have tried a pair of Emission Labs 300B-XLS as well as the 5V 520B for a very short time as they were not my tubes.
Might give the regular EML 300B's a whirl next, or perhaps the 5V EML 300B-XLS. Would not be afraid of the ST shapes TJ perf plate either as I understand they have the microphonics under control now days, with much better support micas.
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