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In Reply to: RE: FANTASTICAL 6L6 TUBES posted by Michael Samra on March 11, 2017 at 09:11:15
addition to the retirement portfolio. That last one didn't survive the hibernation.
Sell a couple now and then to support this decadent hobby.
Do these REALLY sound that much different than a 6l6G? They sure look cool.
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I don't think they sound any better but they do last longer.The old 6L6g and the RCA black plates and the 6PS3-E are all tough 6L6s to beat sonically.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Perhaps it was the old late '30s Zenith console radio I had with the G glass 6L6. It was so smooth & open sounding.
Best sounding 6L6s ever made Michael.
Indeed it is.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
They were fantastic, too...certainly the sweetest sounding....
That's what I have most of along with the RCA 6L6gc black plates.I have at least 81 of those KT66 Gray glass with 17 of them being NOS/NIB.The RCA black plate 6L6gc I have 111 last count and the 6L6g,about 93 of those.
When the New Sensor Genelex KT66 matched the sound of the gray glass,I literally parked them.It also caused the vintage prices on KT66 GECs to take a major hit.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Hi Michael.
You have said several times that the Gold Lion reissue KT66 equals the GEC gray glass KT66. I have been running them in my amp quite a bit over the last year and agree they are an excellent sounding tube. But......in my humble opinion they are not the equal of the greyglass. They have a more "modern sound" to them-- brighter and less rich in the midrange. Less of the "midrange magic" that the greyglass (and to a lesser extent the clear glass GEC) provide.
Check Ebay to see the ridiculous prices vintage KT66 are going for. Even hamfest tube dealers are charging $100 and up per tube these days. Very thankful that the reissues are a good sounding tube. But the greyglass are still the best ( except for those 350s maybe- never been able to find a quad to try).
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