KT88 s Sovtek vs Valve Art

Redkiwi has taken the time to give you the information that I should have offered. Not only is his assessment fair, my own experience has proven to be identical.

The only other thing I would add to this topic is the possibility of opting for NOS tubes. These are another whole quality level above all other, but certainly the most expensive way to go.

Not too much I can add to the other fine posts, except that I cannot emphasize how much better the old NOS MO Valve and Genalex Gold Lion/Gold Monarch KT 88 tubes are, at least in my equipment and my experience. They are terribly, terribly expensive, but they last FAR longer than any current make tubes I've used in my Jadis amps and are in a different class sonically. If you can find them at a reasonable price, and they are the real ones, they are the way to go (I know of a gentleman who claims to have gotten over 100 of them for a song from the Aberdeen, Md. tank proving grounds, where they were used in a tank vibration device--maybe we all can be so lucky!) . I recently acquired enough of them to last me till past where I can't hear any more, and I consider that to be one of the best investments I've made in years.

You really know how to make is suffer don't you, a lifetime supply of KT 88 MO valves?

I'll bet that next you are going to tell us that you audition these with Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock and Milla Jovovich.

thanks all, I will avoid the Sovteks and Valve arts and may opt for now, the JJ's and keep an eye out for the NOS stuff. Its just that 16 times NOS is getting up there in price.

Albert, you mention Milla, ever heard her solo LP? Great material and sonics, saw her live 3 times after hearing the LP. I must say she surprised me, I expected her to play on her looks but she was a true performer.

The tubes in the Power 3 are most likly Sovteks.Do you not like the sound of the amp.If the tubes are marked Sonic Frontiers then 95% sure they are branded Sovteks.