El34 vrs. Gold lion kt77

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Joy

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I am considering to change my eh-el34 tubes in my VTLMB125 monoblockes to golden lion kt77.
has anyone tried it with vtl or other amps.? can you describe the audio difference between those tubes?

 

DaveC

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Yeah, in mt SET amp the GL KT77 was very good, maybe a little clearer and more accurate vs most EL34s. Should be a nice upgrade over EH EL34s.

 

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Jond

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I definitely prefer GL KT-77's to any EL-34 tube I've heard a warmer richer and still very transparent sound, even compared to some fairly expensive PSvane Philips reproduction EL-34's I picked up which were nice but a bit bright and forward in comparison. Only negative with the GL KT-77s is reliability can be spotty, I've had some tubes go south way to quickly, but even so they are hard to beat for the price.

 

DaveC

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Jond said:

I definitely prefer GL KT-77's to any EL-34 tube I've heard a warmer richer and still very transparent sound, even compared to some fairly expensive PSvane Philips reproduction EL-34's I picked up which were nice but a bit bright and forward in comparison. Only negative with the GL KT-77s is reliability can be spotty, I've had some tubes go south way to quickly, but even so they are hard to beat for the price.

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Yeah, I've given up on new production tubes because of reliability issues.

 

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Joy

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• Mar 3, 2016

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Thanks all it haste been very usefull

 

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• May 9, 2016

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I hope this doesn't hold true laterally; I'm swapping out a GL KT-66 to a Mullard EL-37. Just trying different tubes!