Gold Lion KT88 No Cryo Reviews

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“I've got these in my Quicksilver V-4's, and am amazed at how stable theses tubes are. The bias just stays where you put it, no drifting. These are my first set of KT88's, and to my ears they sound like splitting the difference between the sweetness of EL34's & the power of KT90's. Not a bad spot to be in.”

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Posted 13 years ago

“I had been using Penta KT88SC's in my PL 5 which were a very nice upgrade from the stock tubes. One went bad so I put in the Gold Lion KT88 re-issues. Wow...more bass, dimension, sound stage across the board. I've not tried any NOS power tubes (are there any) so this may be the best tube for the PL 5! It's like I have a new system and I can't stop listening. My system: Pro Logue 3 Pre with Mazda chrome 12 ax7s and Radiotechnique 12au7s, Pro Logue 5 with Gold Lion KT88's, Mullard 12au7s, Tungsol 12ax7 re-issue's, Njoeb Tjoeb cdp with upsampler board and Ediswan 6922's. Quad ESL 63's rebuilt to new standards. Except for the Quads, you could call this an Uncle Kev special.”

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Posted 14 years ago