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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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Sakahara  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-03-10
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03-16-12   The only thing i can say is oh boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy   Jwm

03-16-12   Jwm, if in fact there`re sonic improvement(not for certain y ...   Charles1dad

03-16-12   "this tube is off to a promising start that`s for sure. ...   Phaelon

03-16-12   I was able to find a quad of gently used kr 300b's to try in ...   Pdreher

03-17-12   Phaelon, congrats! what type of kr's you got, present produc ...   Maxmad

03-17-12   Pdreher, the kr is said to be a very good sounding tube.the ...   Charles1dad

03-17-12   Pdreher, i just want to second charles1dad’s caution with t ...   Phaelon

03-18-12   The royal princess(rp) is really impressing me. it betters t ...   Charles1dad

03-18-12   I want to thank isochronism(brett) once again for his very g ...   Charles1dad

03-18-12   Charles1dad, many thanks for your impressions, like your way ...   Maxmad

03-18-12   Now that there has finally been some comment and comparisons ...   Gwalt

03-18-12   Swampwalker & markus - let me know if you end up trying the ...   Pdreher

03-18-12   Terrific post, gwalt. thanks so much. regards,   Metralla

03-18-12   Hi gwalt, i`m glad you posted your impresiions, as you say d ...   Charles1dad

03-18-12   Charles1dad, gwalt and all others who participated in the 30 ...   Phaelon

03-18-12   I am in complete concurrence with phaelon! the talent to li ...   Isochronism

03-18-12   Phaelon and ischronism, i and i`m sure gwalt appreciate your ...   Charles1dad

03-19-12   Charles1dad, how many hours would you say you have on each ...   Onemug

03-19-12   I must echo the comments of charles and gwalt - although i d ...   Gsm18439

03-19-12   Hi onemug, i really appreciate your kind comments.the rps ha ...   Charles1dad

03-19-12   I just can`t seem to shut up on this thread. gsm i`ve been e ...   Charles1dad

03-19-12   I would also like to thank you for all your learning experie ...   Gwalt

03-20-12   Gwalt, i agree with every thing you you wrote above 100%. an ...   Charles1dad

03-20-12   I agree with your findings also charles1dad and thanks for a ...   Gwalt

03-20-12   I received my takatsuki's late yesterday and they are warmin ...   Markus1299

03-20-12   Hi markus, congratulations!profound differences,i believe yo ...   Charles1dad

03-20-12   Charles1dad, the one thing you didn't tell me about these t ...   Markus1299

03-20-12   Marcus, true, but i did``nt want to be accused of 'over the ...   Charles1dad

03-21-12   Hello, all, for those interested, i believe sophia electric ...   A1joe507

03-21-12   My ren 30 has the vac branded 300bs so i'm pretty sure that ...   Swampwalker

03-22-12   Swampwalker, i've got 4 used bt's that i'm going to try in ...   Markus1299

03-23-12   "i am concerned about the sophia rps in the ren circuit ...   Phaelon

03-23-12   Markus1299- very interested in your results. i will tell yo ...   Swampwalker

03-24-12   Pretty certain carbon plate (not mesh) is the way you need t ...   Pdreher

03-26-12   Ok, my vendor for the shuguang bts says he has 2 quads; one ...   Swampwalker

03-26-12   80 ma.   Pdreher

03-27-12   Pdrehr- got a response back from kevin saying comments anyon ...   Swampwalker

03-27-12   I`d follow kevin`s advice he knows his product`s characteris ...   Charles1dad

03-27-12   I will heed kevin's advice, unless there is a strong reason ...   Swampwalker

03-27-12   Michael, i would definitely avoid the 80 ma tubes, on the ba ...   Almarg

03-27-12   Hi markus, with additional burn-in hours do you have updates ...   Charles1dad

03-27-12: Pdreher
Swampwalker - I am far from technically savvy when it comes to tubes... but I assumed that "mA" refers to milliamperes. If that's the case, my VAC REN 70/70 Signature amp has a milliamperes dial on it and it measures milliamperes for each tube. In my amp, my VAC sourced Chinese tubes measure between 75 & 78 milliamperes, and my latest KR tubes are measuring in the 80 to 85 range. I talked to Brent about this yesterday, and I could have sworn that he said healthy tubes should measure in the 85 to 90 range. At this point, I have too much conflicting info to know which end is up. FWIW, the WE 300B spec sheet (which REN amps are based on) call out a max. plate current of 100 milliamperes, which is a far cry from the 48 mA option your dealer is offering you (assumes mA and milliampere are synonymous).
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03-27-12   Paul, yes "ma" stands for milliamperes, and in thi ...   Almarg

03-28-12   Al - yes, the readings on the bases of the vac / chinese tub ...   Pdreher

03-28-12   Hello al, the vac ren amplifiers have auto bias, would`nt th ...   Charles1dad

03-28-12   I believe there are differ auto-bias circuits around, also h ...   Maxmad

03-28-12   Charles1dad, the new takatsuki ta300b tubes are still break ...   Markus1299

03-28-12   yes, to a considerable degree. also, the bias conditions th ...   Almarg

03-28-12   Markus1299 always test tubes before using them in your amp. ...   Maxmad

03-28-12   My vac 300bs are marked 48 or 47, so that gives me some bett ...   Swampwalker


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