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In Reply to: RCA 5691 worth the price? posted by dandaroy on June 21, 2021 at 13:23:59:
In my experience, the Ken-Rads have superior clarity, compared to RCA red-base 5691. Those RCA get a lot of adulation for presumed build quality, and that is primarily a visual appeal. They're okay, but not outstanding. For sonics, I'd look elsewhere... To Ken-Rad, Tung-Sol (vintage), Valvo/Hamburg or Philips ECC35.
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- RE: RCA 5691 worth the price? - opalize 13:32:06 06/21/21 (5)
- Agree regards the RCA 5691 which I have a couple of somewhere... - Ivan303 12:16:03 06/22/21 (1)
- love ECC35 - bouncy ball 13:20:32 06/22/21 (0)
- You mean Ken-Rad 6SL7-GT or VT-229? (nt) - dandaroy 16:10:50 06/21/21 (2)
- They are the same, and often have both labels (nt) - opalize 16:32:04 06/21/21 (1)
- Ordered a pair, will see how good they are (nt) - dandaroy 16:41:45 06/22/21 (0)