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In Reply to: RE: I'm unfamiliar with the sound signature of the KT-120 posted by Mendel on November 24, 2016 at 16:21:27
My Icon Audio MB30SE Mono Blocks use the Tung Sol KT120's, in fact I have just upgraded to the Tung Sol KT150's and at first didn't find them a great improvement over the Tung Sol KT120, but now the KT150's are coming on song (20 hr's) and sound better, but I never noticed the KT120's sounding dry, sterile "solid state" or lacking in bloom.
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Mike.
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I am no expert, but the sound of any tube might depend on the implementation. I had an ARC Vsi75 with four KT120 tubes, and it absolutely sounded solid-state. I currently have a Primaluna Dialogue Premium, with four KT120s, and it is glorious. The ARC produced 75 w/ch, while the Primluna outputs about 40 w/ch in Ultralinear mode. So the ARC is working the tubes much harder.
I never could get my Primaluna Dialogue Premium to work well with KT-120's. Sounded dry and etchy. The bass and soundstaging was very nice however.
I found them a bit edgy, but having installed a pair of Brimar CV4034 tubes in the front two positions, they sound excellent. I use them with Spendor D7 speakers. These tubes added delicacy and a very lifelike reproduction of voices. Some female voices were almost unlistenable before them.
in spring i put PSVANE KT120 in my Rogue and the best sounding amp is the result! even better than my Penta Labs KT88 i was very keen on and far better than TungSol KT120.
unfortunately these two quads PSVANE KT120 which i purchased from a turkish source via epay was not working reliably. 3 of 8 tubes blew bias fuses after some dozends of hours in use. "chinese fire crackers" imo - what a shame...N.
"Science only illustrates the current state of errors"
Edits: 11/25/16
I've noticed a great deal of difficulty finding that "good" tube to work. And a lot of discussion even with that. Obviously with amp differences aside.
I've always found in audio that if something is that difficult in this hobby then it's not done well.
A good stereo should sound good under most ANY condition with few exceptions.
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