KT-88 gold lions verses the new tung-sul kt-120

Jake,

My experience with the KT-120 tubes in my former Rogue M180 monoblock system was that they were too heavy in the bass, not as extended in the top end, and a bit grainy. I quickly went back to the Gold Lion KT-88 tube set that I had been enjoying for years. There are a lot of people who apparently like the KT-120 so you may find them to have a synergy with your system, I just didn't with mine.

Cheers,

John

I've been using a quad of 120s daily for over 2 years in my Jolida and they still sound amazing, and better than the newer 88s or 6550s that I sometimes pop in to see if the 120s are losing it. My informal survey of 120s indicates a 99.647% approvel rate with exactly zero transformer issues reported anywhere in the world. Informal...but still...150s can be found on Ebay now for 300 clams or so and that, although twice the cost of 120s, is sort of getting interesting.

IMS, I found the 6550 WC more detailed than the GL KT88, but less warm and forgiving. Both great tubes, the balance has to fit your system tonal balance. PT