TK16
Headphoneus Supremus
From my experience. Teles, and Amperex US made,seemed the brightest of the bunch.
Out of the reflektors. Definitely go with the 75(HG's).
My personal recommendation would be, of course, Valvo or Philips Heerlen E188CC. Glorious midrange, with comparable Soundstage of the teles. The Heerlen tubes are more holographic as well imo.
Let us know how it goes.
Cheers.
I would add Tesla to the list as well, Amperex 6922 is a close second imo (too raw sounding imo) probably why I don`t care for them much, decided to put my Telefunken E188CC 1968`s in after a few months, was trying to burn in the amperex more but gave up, has the Tesla E88CC in for 2 hours before I pulled them out today. I dont care much for the 74 reflektors myself wish I had not bought them.
My offer was accepted for $119.95. Heerlen E188CC.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311598447283?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT