[OctavianH]

Hmm, Grinch stole the Christmas?

 

[Scutey]

Hmm, Grinch stole the Christmas?

Did Santa steal your beer?

 

[OctavianH]

Hmm, well... I guess this song caused it.

 

[Scutey]

Hmm, well... I guess this song caused it.

Lol nice one

 

[OctavianH]

A Heavy Metal Christmas to everyone!

 

[barontan2418]

Wishing all a Happy Christmas and a musical New Year. Take care and be safe.

 

[shafat777]

Is anyone running Svetlana Winged Cs as power tubes? If so, what driver tubes are you guys using?

 

[barontan2418]

Pair of Tung Sol 5998's on ebay Nos if anybody wants to treat themselves, for €200. Not a bad price.

 

[OctavianH]

KT66?

 

[LoryWiv]

KT66?

Nice find, @OctavianH. Subtle differences. EL34 sound a bit more "raw" / less refined,, but are very musical / emotional. KT66 a bit smoother, "mature" sounding but still euphonic. Tough to tell with YouTuve clip,,really could be placebo they are so close.

BTW are EL34's even compatible with Elise using Deyan's 6L6 adapters? I had thought they were not.

 

[OctavianH]

BTW are EL34's even compatible with Elise using Deyan's 6L6 adapters? I had thought they were not.

Well, there is a discussion here but the adapters are the chinese ones. As far as I know EL34 cannot be used with Deyan's adapters.

 

[OctavianH]

Today's evening mood. Let's hope 2021 will bring us new experiences and make us enjoy more our amps.

 

[OctavianH]

And if you like this, you have more details here:

 

[shafat777]

Deyan just sent me his adapters for my elise. I have a set of gold lion kt88 power tubes coming up next week. Any other recommendations? For now, I'm only messing with the power tubes, currently, Im using a pair of sylvania Vt231 tubes as drivers and a set of pavane cv181 t2 gold tubes as back up. Any info would be helpful. Thank you

 

[LoryWiv]

Deyan just sent me his adapters for my elise. I have a set of gold lion kt88 power tubes coming up next week. Any other recommendations? For now, I'm only messing with the power tubes, currently, Im using a pair of sylvania Vt231 tubes as drivers and a set of pavane cv181 t2 gold tubes as back up. Any info would be helpful. Thank you

I think you will find a nice increase in detail, clarity and balance with the GL KT88 versus stock, and I have used them with Sylvania VT231 with excellent results.

While the GL KT88's may not compete with NOS (someday I will break open my piggy bank and spring for NOS GEC KT88 or the Genalex KT66 @OctavianH raves about), they are an excellent 1st foray to evaluate the power tune versatility of Elise. I still turn to them often for their "no weaknesses" balance and clean tone. Some have actually run a quad of these and enjoyed it, or GL KT88 powers with GL KT77 drivers ( I believe @connieflyer on the Euforia thread was very please with these, although he has now moved on to GU50's thgat require external heater, brave man that he is).

If you want to go NOS rather than new production, one less expensive 'sleeper" option is GE 7581A. Definitely warmer than GL KT88, but not "sloppy" warm, and the only GE tube I've ever tried that earned a place in the rotation. The same Deyan adapters used for KT88 work nicely with 7581A. Mine are black base, here is a brown base option.

Conversely, if you seek a brighter, analytic NOS power consider the Sylvania 6550 (KT88 family). I enjoy these paired with warmer drivers. The ones here seem a bit overpriced but they appear to perhaps be Sylvania Gold Brand which are "premium" and perhaps worth more, You can ask the seller or even negotiate if he / she is willing.

Fun times ahead, @shaffaaf27. As they say on head-fi "sorry about your wallet".