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I see Psvane is showing a KT150 standard and art series on their homepage.
http://www.psvane.com/Upload/170018840641.jpgAnyone see or get to hear these yet? I'm getting tired of this Russian conflict inflation.
Thanks!
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If this tube can actually reliably handle the high voltages the Russian tube is designed for, it will be a godsend to amp owners looking for an alternative. I also kind of like how it looks more like a tube than an HID lamp.
Have not heard or seen the Psvane KT150 or KT88s. Would be interested as well. If the great sound of the 12AU7 and 12AX7 variants are indicative of the Psvane sound qualities, I am sure that the KT 150s are great as well.
What amp? I have McIntosh MC2301s and feel the pain of the GL KT88 costs. Been very tempted to try the KT88s but have not heard any feedback either.
Hello,
I have Quicksilver V4 mono blocks. 4 kt150s per side, 8 in total. $$$ouch!
For the cost of one set of tubes, you would be most of the way to a pair of high efficiency speakers. Once you've done that, a quad of 6L6 would blow you out of the room. :)
Problem is I love my Kef Ref 1 Metas. What I really need to do is sell off the tube gear and buy ss. But I love my QS V4s with Shindo pre and have no interest in solid state. If I have too I'll drop down to a jj kt88 till things settle out one way or another.
Thank you both for the suggestion.
I feel your pain. From what I've seen, very few, if any, contemporary speakers are "tube friendly." Even the high efficiency legacy types like Klipsch Cornwall sacrifice considerable low bass performance in order to take advantage of the horns. The only "all in one" solution I know for this is a large ported enclosure (at least 5 cu. ft.) with drivers/crossover matched to produce about 95dB SPL. This is sufficient sensitivity to work well with medium power tube gear, and it can be made flat to the lowest octave. Of course, a separate SS powered sub can be used to augment a Cornwall type speaker (which would include Heresy, VOT, etc.), but I've never like the audible result of such systems. There are other approaches as well, but most involve even more electronic complexity, such as high-slope line-level crossovers and separate amps for each driver.
Yes and thank you. Trying and achieving good music playback is hard enough. Now having to incorporate into a living room, recently losing my dedicated room, made things all the more challenging. Forced to buy low efficiency bookshelves, love them to death, but hard to control as full range has made my other beloved tube gear hard to hold on to. One thing is for sure, solid state over tubes, not anytime soon, as long as I can help it.
They can work well, if you have a very flexible crossover, more than one sub and measure with something like Fuzzmeasure. Not a cost savings move.
It is really hard to get punchy bass with low power tubes.
My fun speakers are TAD TD-2001 horns, 10" Mid EV drivers, sitting on giant 18" pro sound subs that are each 99db efficient in a relatively small room.
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