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In Reply to: RE: Gold Lion KT88 - Abuse, Ratings and Experience posted by TubeAcolyte on January 30, 2015 at 05:34:23
Very special amp. Needing a bit more equipment to set it correctly. Good tubes are a must. More at this site.
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Oh I'm very well acquainted with its needs. I own 5 of them - 3 operational and 2 others that need servicing. I have tried the JJ KT88 (while it was still a viable option I could depend upon). It's decent. But, I found the spectrum of sound was coloured heavy in the lows, and I'm always searching for newer/better options.
So, I'm wondering about the quality of the Gold Lion. To what voltages and current parameters have these KT88s been subjected?
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May your tubes be warm, long-lasting, and always lively. Holy be thy heater.
I am sure there is a community of 400PS owners on the Net. There just isn't many of these beasts, still running. Enthusiasm, for this amp as a part of vacuum tube amp history, is quite high. Ed Jahns is considered an iconic designer of his era. As you well know, these amps still go for very good money --- once stable.I know of no one that owns this amp. But, from what I've read --- only selected TS 6550 and GE 6550A are recommended. I have not heard of anyone succesfully running 1990's version of Svetlana 6550C in this amp. And those were very good tubes.
Do you have any photos of your amps? And the lab setup to get these amps running?
Thanks!
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Hey FenderLover!
Ya, I have one running 6550A's and I have a sextet that needs proper evaluation before I put it back into our 3rd working one (working, but needs biasing and benching).
I actually have a friend who helps me with this because I don't have the equipment necessary to do this on my own. And frankly, it scares the living crap out of me - I know electricity and what it is to get shocked. I wouldn't want to make any mistakes with this thing.
That's a photo of one of them.
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May your tubes be warm, long-lasting, and always lively. Holy be thy heater.
I would love to plug my Les Paul into that amp. Then, hit an open E-chord. Do you have those folded EV loaded cabs that came with the amp, when it was first introduced?
I thought the original cabs was loaded with a D150 or a K151... Anyway, ya, we built an oversized version of the cab with a D150. It's bananas. Running JUST that cab will shake stuff out cupboards.
And. guitar through a 400PS puts to shame smaller setups with an actual bass. Loud, smooth, delicious...
And thanks for the info on the Gold Lion's performance - I'll try a set!
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Could be OEM JBL's. The only folded cab I remember seeing had 18-inch EV in it. But, that could have been a replacement speaker.
The loudest amp I've ever played though is an Ampeg SVT into an 8 X 10inch cab. That was beyond loud, for me. I can't imagine what the 400PS with three speaker cabs hooked to it must be like. 400+ tube watts!
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