Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR

Maxmad,
Thanks for your comments and encouragement. I never would have believed I`d spend 1400 USD for a pair of 300b tubes.The Shuguang BT have been excellent for me the past 30 months (and shoud be for 600 USD at the time).But when I get a 'strong gut feeling' about a product it usally turns out well for me.Examples, going the SET route with the Frankenstein amplifier, then getting the DHT tube based Coincident linestage(to match). Buying the little known Yamamoto DAC and Ocellia Silver Reference cables.

These choices were 'profoundly right' for me, I hope this string continues with the Takatsuki tubes. Time will tell.
Regards,

Maxmad, regarding the person with all the tubes to whom you refer... what is his amp and speaker pairing? TIA

Will keep it simple

Digital front - 47 labs Flatfish CD transport

Progression DAC

Custome 300B amp build by James Burgess

Tannoy Turnberry 10 dual concentric drivers

And everything in between:-)

Charles1dad

Any luck for comming weekend?:-)

Hi Maxmad,
The RP tubes brett sent me have uneven output(one is noticeably louder than the other). I`m going to return them to Sophia for inspection and work things out with brett.
The Takasuki tubes(ordered 1 week ago) should arrive in about 2 weeks.