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Shuguang Treasure 'Black Bottle' CV181-Z, 6SN7GT....thoughts?

post #1 of 2
9/7/09 at 5:01pm
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These guys for driver tubes:



Anyone have direct experience or feedback on their Woo amps (or other amps)?

They are pricey and not something I would just drop money on w/o some outside opinions.
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9/7/09 at 7:22pm
Overall, it's a very nice tube. Sounded good as the driver tube in my Darkvoice 336SE, and in my Wheatfield HA-2. However, it's NOT as good as the real Mullard CV181/ECC32, and it's not much cheaper. Admittedly, ECC32's have continued to climb in price - a while back I got some nice NOS ones for $150 each - now they seem to sell for more like $250 each, which is kinda nuts. But the Shuguang, while very good, is just not the same.

So is it worth $the current asking price of $275 a pair? IMHO, no. I prefer the $200/pair Brimar CV1988, and frankly even the Tung-Sol tall bottle 6SN7WGT, which are usually less than $100/pair, although kinda hard to find.
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