I let Ken Rads run a couple days they have come back to life from being dormant all these years. Ken Rad is more relaxed compared to the Shuguang. RCA more relaxed than Ken Rad. I may need to put Shuguang back in to see if memory is right but seem Ken Rad has more weight/body on instruments very natural highs.
Again memory may be off but Shuguang may have more solid state highs but I need to try them again. Maybe brighter, thinner, cleaner and faster, maybe lose a little tube magic, but not in a bad way. I play jazz and have a lot of new and old hand hammered ride cymbals and I did notice the Shuguang can make a heavy ride cymbal sound very realistic with weight, like you are there sound. That was the first thing that impressed me with the Shuguang for a modern tube. It’s a toss up between all three. They all do good for what they are and have there place. For an all rounder the Ken Rad is nice. The Shuguang has a more modern sound if my memory is correct. I’m going to put Shuguang back in this weekend and see what happens. I’m just going to enjoy Ken Rads for a while. Then I’m going to try Sylvania vt-231’s and pick one and leave it in for a while.