Anyone own 200iq and prefer kt150 over kt88


Hi,

There was discussion years back but interested if current 200iq amp owners prefer kt88 or tungsol kt150.

I know Kevin prefers kt88 and so far agree that the kt88 just sound more musical on my stereo 200iq....

On a different topic those who play vinyl are you using tube or solid state.phono....again I prefer to keep it solid state heatwise but curious for those not runnin tube phono what are you using
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Showing 1 response by decooney

I've found KT150s perform their best in amps truly designed to run them natively at their optimum operating rage.  

My current mono KT150 amps run higher plate voltage, with 25% larger transformers, as compared to all of my prior amps with EL34, KT88, KT120s.   

Tried KT150s in my smaller amps with lower plate voltage(s), and KT88s were better.  KT150s sound different and better in the amps designed for them.  It's a different sound, stage, tone, musicality in purpose built amps vs just plugging them into a socket that will fit them.