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In Reply to: RE: Reissue GL or Psvane KT88 II posted by Michael Samra on June 14, 2016 at 22:51:52
From Russia, China and ever Tesla/KR.
Recall selling the Russian and Chinese re-issues (maybe didn't wait 200 hours?) as they were not anywhere near NOS.
Tesla/KR were the best of the bunch back then, if memory can be trusted
That said, I have heard the new PSVANE KT-88 and would have to say BETTER than any of my NOS solid plate Tung Sol. Sorry, no NOS Gold Lions to compare to.
But I'm a SET guy now so who makes the best sounding 300B these days?
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Recall selling the Russian and Chinese re-issues (maybe didn't wait 200 hours?) as they were not anywhere near NOS.
If you are referring to the KT88,the mid 2000s is when the new production KT88s started to come into their own. Shuggie/Penta with the solid plates and then you had the SEDs,and later the Gold Lion reissue.Even JJ made a nice sounding KT88 when they weren't self destructing or the getters coming loose.Once the Gold Lion reissues hit their stride,they have become the standard of the new KT88s overall for price and quality.The Shuggie Treasures are also on par with them sonically however,they are also more expensive.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
The GL KT66 reissues are as good as the GEC greyglass KT66?? Call me sceptical but you are forcing me to try them. My GECs are not getting any younger! Michael, have you tried the Treasure or Pisvane KT66?
I have not experienced NOS GEC KT88, but I can confirm that the Pisvane greyglass KT88s are great sounding tubes fully competitive with any NOS output tubes I have used. The Treasure KT120 blackglass were even better sounding but would not achieve steady bias in my amp. Once they fix the QC and get ample stocks here in North American with local dealer testing (instead of the "testing" done in China), those will be the ones to get.
Meanwhile, I have been running the NOS Russian 6P3S-E in the Rogue for the last 2 months and not missing KT88/KT120s in the least. This is a quad I got from Jim McShane about 5 years ago, they have been used for over 3 thousand hours, still test new, hold perfect bias and sound great. Even though the power output is probably only half of what KT88s put out in the amp, these still have the grunt to easily run my hard to drive Acoustat speakers. Great tubes still worth seeking out!
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