That's a good link(thanks)!! His observations on chinese business ethics(there's a stretch) and manufacturing, mirror mine. BTW: If you like transparency, nice freq. extension in both directions, and liquid mids- The Winged 'C' 6550C's(latest iteration/St Petersburg plant) that Kevin sells are working very nicely in my Cary monoblocks. I was a hardcore NOS tube addict, until the cost of matched quads/octets of anything decent in power pentodes became unrealistic(Dom Perignon taste/grain alcohol budget). Uncle Kev came through, in style. You could say I'm a happy customer. Does it show? (http://www.upscaleaudio.com/SED-quotWinged-Cquot-6550C_p_16.html)
Which tubes to roll
I just picked up a Cary CAD 120S. I wasn't planning on rolling tubes so soon but one output tube was missing so I've started looking into it.
Right now it has KT88EHs as the power output tubes. I was thinking about trying some different ones, say, the SEDs but I was wondering - which tube have more of an effect on the output: the the input 6NS7s or the KT88s?
I noticed on Ebay they have a matched octet of winged-c SEDs for $400 that are supposed to be the original Svetlanas.
Right now it has KT88EHs as the power output tubes. I was thinking about trying some different ones, say, the SEDs but I was wondering - which tube have more of an effect on the output: the the input 6NS7s or the KT88s?
I noticed on Ebay they have a matched octet of winged-c SEDs for $400 that are supposed to be the original Svetlanas.
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