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KT88 s Sovtek vs Valve Art

I am looking to buy a spare set of tubes for my Sonic Frontier Power 3s. The Sovteks and Valve Arts are the cheapest of the kt88's. Looking for anyone who has used both or either of these types and your impressions.

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albertporter
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Rcprince, YES!
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Leafs, I love the sound of the amps. There are Svetlanas 6550 in there now.
redkiwi
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Then the Sovteks would definitely be a let down. The Svetlana 6550 are nice tubes, and the one chance I had to compare them with the Svetlana KT88s showed the latter to be only marginally better.

I don't want to know about Genalex (etc) valves. Please don't tell me more. I still have to put two kids through University. No no no...
leafs
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I would go with the Svetlana KT-88.I had Svetlana 6550 C in my Rogue 88.Nice tube.
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Cameron Diaz prefers NOS KT-88's, but will settle for JJ KT-88 or Svetlana KT-88 or Svet 6550 ( in that order ) . Cameron wouldn't bet caught dead listening to Chinese or Sovtek tubes.
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