Hmmm cf, you're intent on leading
me down another rabbit hole methinks, no?!!
But
if I should be tempted at a later date, it would probably be with something not too expensive that I could play around with, replacing wire/caps/resistors!!
But, mon ami, the way my Euforia is now sounding with TT21s driving the GU50s, it could well be a fruitless exercise! (but possibly an
interestting one at least). I reckon it would need to be something rather expensive to surpass this sound by much of a margin...more hours on my 50s have brought yet another surprise - notes that don't just 'sustain and decay' but
hang and then dissipate into 3D space like I've never heard before
. All of which - once again - confirms that
power tubes in an OTL amp (as with
trafo quality in an SET amp)
do in fact have a much greater influence on final sound delivery than conventionally regarded...(
drivers traditionally given most of the credit lol!). However, no doubt the prowess of the rest of one's system is also a deciding factor in this...
Anyway -
@barontan2418 also - I've started the ball rolling with Mrsx re. GU50 adapters. And as you're here in the UK, bt, I shall order some so that I can try them myself first...then, posting them to you won't cost much more, if that's OK....CHEERS!...CJ
- this evening I swapped over with my GEC TT21s and am still unsure what's going on. As drivers to the 21s, I get a light buzz with the vol knob between 10 o'clock and 5 o'clock, but silent before and after...with and/or without music playing...very strange indeed! Luckily, I can vary the signal output from my Hugo2, with by far the best result being with the latter turned right down and Euforia's vol knob one section off max (ie. '5 o'clock'). The other way round brings more harshness, with H2 near max output. And so this anomaly will obviously depend upon each person's own signal input level alas...