In Reply to: RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. posted by Chip647 on November 24, 2014 at 13:21:31:
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C. $450 OPT with $250 tubes.
D. $600 OPT with $600 tubes.
I say C... or D if the funds were available ;^)
A and B are extreme examples and perhaps not relevant.
For $700, I'd opt for JJ2A3-40s and some solidly-performing transformers (which can be very good). This is what I did, but have moved on to EML tubes (though in a different amp, I might choose differently).
Cheers.
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- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - RC Daniel 14:09:39 11/24/14 (3)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - Chip647 15:17:55 11/24/14 (2)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - Triode_Kingdom 10:23:58 11/25/14 (0)
- I agree in full. nt. - RC Daniel 15:21:44 11/24/14 (0)