Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR

I received my Takatsuki's late yesterday and they are warming up in my Frankenstein amps now. Right out of the box, I,m hearing profound differences from the previous Black Bottles. I can tell that they take the Franks to a new level. I'll report more as things progress. I was able to purchase a lightly used pair of Black Bottles to go with the 2 from the Franks and I will install them in the VAC 30/30. Should be interesting

Hi Markus,
Congratulations!Profound differences,I believe you my brother,the Frankenstein with the Takatsuki becomes insanely good. I really look forward to your impressions with that combo and also the VAC REN 30/30 with the BT tubes.Marcus, you`re living good right now.
Regards,

Charles1dad,

The one thing you didn't tell me about these tubes is that they come with couchlock!! You install the tubes, turn on the amp and the couch grabs you and you are locked in to the incredable sound these tubes make possible.

Marcus,
True, but I did``nt want to be accused of 'over the top' praise. I was fairly confident you`d like them. With your Coincident Pure REF speakers I knew you`d hear all they`re capable of.I glad you took the chance and bought them.

Hello, all,

For those interested, I believe Sophia Electric is willing to let go of a few pairs of Royal Princess tubes over the next couple of days for $1000, shipped, a nice step down from $1200 shipped .

They have not posted this on their website, but people who are on an e-mail list are receiving this offer, good for only the next couple of days.

Just in case you needed some more ambiguity in which of the two tubes to purchase. Ha!

Regards,

Joe