RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s

Posted by dirtyvinyl on October 21, 2014 at 16:30:58

In Reply to: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s posted by TGT on October 20, 2014 at 17:35:16:

I have the older PL Prologue2. Essentially the same but different.
Stock with KT88-nice.
With EL34-subtle decrease in both the upper hi frequencies and the lowest frequencies.

It's the mids that seem more "realistic" It's not a huge difference, but nicer to my ears.

Ended up with Genalex KT77's which offered another subtle nudge of "real"

The bass loss wasn't a deal breaker since I have an REL sub. As far as the loss in highs, it smoothed out the sometimes exaggerated highs of some music.

The triode mode of your amp may give you an idea of the drop in the high/low registers of the "EL34 sound"

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Topic - Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - TGT 17:35:16 10/20/14 (17)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - garymuffley 09:26:12 10/23/14 (2)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - TGT 13:27:20 10/23/14 (1)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - garymuffley 06:31:43 10/24/14 (0)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - RGA 19:34:38 10/21/14 (0)

Correction to my post - dirtyvinyl 17:03:12 10/21/14 (0)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - dirtyvinyl 16:30:58 10/21/14 (0)

Rogue and ARC - mbnx01 12:59:58 10/21/14 (0)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - BCR 09:42:49 10/21/14 (0)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - AbeCollins 18:18:49 10/20/14 (8)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - TGT 19:31:33 10/20/14 (7)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - AbeCollins 20:07:10 10/20/14 (6)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - TGT 10:30:56 10/21/14 (0)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - Mick Wolfe 22:10:04 10/20/14 (4)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - AbeCollins 08:00:33 10/21/14 (3)

RE: Substitute El-34 for KT 88s and 120s - Daverz 21:48:16 10/21/14 (0)

Is the KT120 a direct swap for the KT88 ?? - ABliss 15:50:57 10/21/14 (1)

RE: Is the KT120 a direct swap for the KT88 ?? - AbeCollins 22:45:05 10/21/14 (0)

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