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New KT150 tubes?

Has anyone any experience with these pretty new tubes. There are already one or 2 amps I know of, that use them. The review of one of these amps in a UK magazine suggested they were a little warmer and more natural sounding than the nearly new KT120's

The article also suggested they were a straight swap for KT120 based amps, with no adjustment necessary. They are more than twice the cost of KT120's, but still not too costly compared with NOS tubes. I know changing from KT88's or 90's to 120's. did require some amp modification. I have an ARC reference 75 and might want to try the new tubes at some point, ARC don't seem to have a customer E-mail service, to ask the question
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mazad6
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Xti16,
I have Octave Re290 setup for KT120.please confirmed the KT150 tubes can support for this amp.cause I really want to try on the KT150.

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audioman58
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My Jolida Fusion 3502 , not the S model  has much more premium parts
And has many upgrade options.
I use all 19 50s preamp tubes Big upgrade and  switched out the very sweet EL34 
Power tubes 50wpc.  Now the KT 150 tubes up the power to 80 wpc.
The midrange is almost as sweet as thd el34 ,but better by far in the midbass low bass dynamics much more slam soundstage depth as well as size is bigger.
Online a matched quad  $270 delivered. Fantastic tube. If using a smaller or older amp check first. Upgrade to bigger power supplies if possible to optimize for this tube.
knghifi
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Add the new VAC IQ 200 to the list.   KT88 stock but can roll KT120 and KT150.   

Kevin Hayes said all tests between KT88 and KT150 in the factory and dealer sites, KT88 win hands down.   Very interesting!
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samzx12
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Not sure that statement is true or it's subjective but what kind of KT88 is Kevin Hayes referring to? I have some EH KT88 and tried them in my Primaluna Dialogue and didn't care for them at all. The TS KT120 sounded better and that wasn't saying much.
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bdp24
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Kevin is highly complimentary of the Gold Lion KT88 reissues, as is Roger Modjeski of Ram Labs and Music Reference.
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