SET Shootout China VS The USA

KT type tube offers wonderful colors, imagery, low distortion, no coloration, no fatigue.

I know this fora fact hearing the DEfy7.

Jadis Is not the only one to make amps based on the KT88. You might want to hear a Harmon Kardon Citation 2 prior to saying you know how a KT88 sounds. Keep in mind this comes from a manufacturer that has only made triode power amps (and now also a class D amp...).

Regarding your speakers, what you are experiencing is that there is some destructive cancellation that is happening in your system because of the spacing of the drivers. This is actually helping prevent some of the more painful comb filtering that can otherwise occur when two such drivers are placed side by side. I’ve heard speakers set up this way. They are not bad, but seriously are not the last word in resolution by any means. They are attractive IME because all you have to do is get them in a box, wire them up and sound comes out. But if you want to hear proper imaging out of them, your head needs to be in a vise so as to be held always in the right position...

The box in the image above this post looks as if its ported. Did you do anything to prevent slap echos inside the box?

@mozartfan Hey it's great you like your system so much at the end of the day that's really all that matters. Don't think folks here are arguing or disagreeing merely sharing our experiences with many different amps. My previous amp was a pushpull el34 amp triode wired and Class A with vintage output transformers it sounded fantastic. My current pp 2a3 amp also sounds fantastic but different it's also triode wired and class A different vintage output transformers. It's about the tubes and everything else in the circuit not to mention the circuit itself. Happy listening!

sound comes out. But if you want to hear proper imaging out of them, your head needs to be in a vise so as to be held always in the right position... The box in the image above this post looks as if its ported. Did you do anything to prevent slap echos inside the box? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thats correct, Just get any old speaker box, say 50 liter give a take 10 liters,,,slap a pice of ply over the front with a W8 + W6 hole cut,,and your-good-to-go. a bit of attaic insulation, actually i need to add some more along the walls, Cut ya a port, any size you wish. Shes goodtogo. The head in one exact spot deal you are refering to pertains to the Tang band 2145 and the smaller brothers in this same design. Its beams. Bass is near identical to the DL wood cone, ,,well I should say close,,,mids are close,l highs are a bit better in the TB2145. But it has a baeming issue,,which I could never accept. These DL's have zero beaming. Nada These DL's are basically the Legendary Coral Beta 8's reborn. Like the old Phoenix in the Fire resurrection. The DIYers will never accept my dual things. While others might hate my speakers, I love them. Truly a Frankenstein. \ Carlson(the famous YT tech master) in his lab, might test and find they are loaded with breakups, distortions, colorations, all fatigue-ing, no fidelity.

It's about the tubes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you say about the tubes,,,d o you mean rolling might add a nuance or...take away from the sound?? My tech here Richard, mentioned the Mesh plates I;m interested in, might not make, in fact **most likely will not..* make much gains. Have you tried other 2A3's.? He has a perfect set of NOS RCA's, But i'm opting for the FUll Music Mesh as my next tube. I;ve seen some very pricey Carbon plates, Titanium plates many others. Pricey, so I want to make my 1st roll of the dice, count. IF the resistors are in fact carbon, right off swapping to Takman Rey metal will make a nice gain. Carbon are great for jazz fans that love their music real smoothhhh. carbons do just that. Clip off the peaks in fq's. Flatens out the sound. Its intreguing,,for about a few days....

@jond 

You had that el 34 for quite a while so I know how much  listening enjoyment it must've brought you.  Your current 2A3 push pull amplifier has to be quite special to have  drawn  you away.😊

Charles