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Re: 26 instead of 27 driver w/45

Hmmmmm . . . each to his own, and I'm usually philosophically aligned with njjohn. But lest the 56 be damned by no praise, I certainly don't consider it junk. My Loesch Triple-2A3's were inputted and driven by 56's by design, and substituting 27's in either position virtually destroyed the PRAT and hallucinatory magic of which those amps were capable. In fact, in my zeal to find the "right" 27, I amassed a huge collection including mesh 227 and 327's, none of which were acceptable in that configuration. Damned if those tubes don't make great line stages though, particularly the meshies, which sound majestic by comparison to other 6SN7 precursors. But 56's junk? I think not. Not nearly.


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