Yo cf...fear not, I have eyes only for the KT88 lol!
And if what some folks in this KT camp say about it compared to the 66 - and if Euforia welcomes it aboard! - things could get even
more interesting indeed in a few days' time...
. Especially as I got an unused pair of Genalex Gold Lions from the Czech republic at a good bit below the average price.
Anyway, for your eyes - and others' -
I must modify my recent comment on the KT66's bass impact compared to the 7581A. Just like the 7581A, these KT66s are giving me the runaround - (they must have been wigging in while I made said comment lol!). With just another 9 hrs or so on them, they're giving me all the 'oomph' I could ever want...in combination with the 1x 7581A and 1x EL39. From Raymond Daveluy's Bach Toccata and Fugue to Cat Stevens's 'Tea for the Tiller Man' (both in hi-res), bass is astonishingly deep, rich and detailed...more so than I have ever heard before from my setup.
And despite fear of repetition, this is all still with a delivery of unparalleled clarity and precision...vocal enunciation has never been so crystal clear, or instruments occupying their very own space in the stage without losing cohesion and interaction. No doubt this is being aided by these same hallmark qualities of both the Naim UnitiCore server/player and Chord Hugo2 as DAC (not to mention mains conditioning and UP-OCC silver and copper wires throughout...edit...forgot the Meze Empyreans!), but at least such
qualitative differences should also apply to all other systems.
So, folks, I can't recommend highly enough that you have at least one reissue Genalex Gold Lion KT66 driving another as power in the mix...unless you want to wait for my results with the KT88 lol!!
...HAPPY LISTENING!...CJ