Anyone using KT88's in D series ARC gear?


Hi, I just bought an original ARC D-70 (which is currently down.:0(
Anyhow, I own a matched quad set of Golden Aero KT88's that are like new.
Is it possible to substitute these for the 6550's in the D-70?
Anyone running KT88's instead of 6550's in their older ARC gear?
Also, i am having a problem with my speaker cables as they are terminated with spades and won't fit the original ARC speaker terminals, any suggestions?
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Showing 1 response by esporma

I've had my D70s with Svetlanas for quite a while. I did think about going to KT88s but the amps worked fine so why mess with them?

However, I did have the amps modified with five way binding posts soldered to the 16 ohm outputs.

It was a much better solution since most cables that I own nowadays use bananas instead of spades.

I just sold one of them and got a pretty good price so the modification with the five binding posts did not impact the resale price, if anything it helped because the amp is much more user friendly WITH NO DEGRADATION OF SOUND!!!!

Besides, those small barrier strips would not even fit Kimber 4TC, nevermind anything bigger.