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Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR


Which do you prefer; S.E.T. Princess 300B Carbon Plate or KR 300B WE Clone?

I've only experienced NOS 40's/50's WE so my expectations are pretty high. Which do you think captures the essence of the WE most closely? I'm trying to keep the cost down as much as possible so EAT is not an option, as much as I was blown away by their KT88. I considered current WE but they're not in production until Spring 2011.

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maxmad
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Charles1dad, what are your first impressions?

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charles1dad
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Maxmad, I won`t be able to listen until this weekend,then I`ll post impressions.
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charles1dad
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Yesterday I placed an order with Amtrans for a pair of the Takatsuki-TA 300b tubes. I should have them in 3 weeks, in the mean time I`ll get familiar with Isochronism`s(Brett) esteemed Sophia Royal Princess.I admit a certain bias with 'high end' japanese products(my Yamamoto DAC is just fantastic, music yes, hifi no). By all reliable accounts the engineering and construction of this tube is to the highest degree and is a no nonsense attempt to build the very best 300b tube they possibly could. I`ll bite on this one.
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maxmad
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Charles1dad

Air Tight is a part of this production, cos they were waiting to long for WE restart the production and now it seems that it will never happened, so, they did it. There is a very small amount of review of this tube, but I do believe you will be having an audio orgasmus for sure, so, let us know about RP first pls, one step at the time.

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charles1dad
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Maxmad,
I think you`re correct about the Airtight connection(good IMO). I won`t be able to evaluate or listen for the next few days(other obligations). I will post initial RP impressions and of course Takasuki once I receive them, I`ll be patient until then.I hope you`re right about the "audio orgasms".
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