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In Reply to: Report on Gold Lion KT88 reissues.... posted by dls123 on March 2, 2007 at 22:53:30:
Thanks for the great review, and in regard to the Shuguang SC's, there are reports here on the forum that the Shuguang KT-88-98's (the one's with the holes in the plates) are even better than the SC's, with a supposedly tastier midrange and better bass and dynamics. I'm in the midst of burning in a set of the '98's and we'll what develops.
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Hi,
By all means, please post a review when you have them burned in. I really do love the KT88SC and would love to read another review comparing them because I have never tried them. I was quite happy with the smooth plates, but then got the bug..... You sure can't beat the Shuguang pricing!
The Shuguang/Valve Art KT88-98s in my SLAM-100s were a bit dark and laid back, and I was never quite satisfied with them. I ran them with some KT88EHs to get some of the high end detail that the 98s were lacking (and some of the bass that the EHs were shy on).I got a set of the KT88SCs recently, and they were very much different from the get go. They sound great and have a taugter bass, better detail and much more extended sounding.
I would go for the SCs over the 98s again any day. For the price I dont think that they can be beat.
David
I guess we all hear things differently because although it's early yet I don't notice any darkness or lack of detail from the Penta 98's that I'm using with my Quicksilver Mini-Mite's, and in fact I've noticed an inner light in the midrange that's quite seductive. I'm finding that my listening observations so far of the 98's are pretty much lining up with what some others have posted here on the forum... I'll continue to let them burn in and see what develops.I will also say that I've had the opportunity to audition Cary SLAM 100's, and to my ears the overall balance of the SLAMs leaned toward being a bit rolled off and dark, so perhaps that's having some influence on what's being heard.
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