Hi ther Ed;nice to exchange with another 5 owner. Good topic. Needing 16 of them suckers,as we do, I'll need a cosigner for the Mullards.---What's your "pin #" at the bank? Back to topic--I can't imagine exceeding the value of the amp--for tubes.-- But with these 5's it might be worth it; who knows--?
Tubes-are they limited to the circuit used in?
there are a lot of people out there selling NOS tubes, ie Mullard El34 XF1s, Gold Lion Kt88s, Siemens CCAs, etc etc, for a pretty penny. At what point do you think that these tubes would be overkill? What i mean is, would you run a Gold Lion Kt88 at $400 a pair, in a $500 Antique Sound Lab amp, or only a $5000 Jadis amp. Would a primo tube be wasted in a less expensive design is what I am asking..