EAT KT-88 tubes

Hope they are still under the 6 month warranty! Normal power tubes are supposed to last for about 2,000 hours, so how come these super duper tubes failed at 300 hours? There are a lot of KT88 tubes that have excellent sound for a lot less money. BTW, I have a CJ power amp also, but it uses 6550 tubes. I wanted to roll the 6550's to KT88's and so I spoke to Ed at CJ. He told me it would not be a good idea to replace the 6550's with the KT 88's, because in all likelihood, I would be unable to bias the amp. Hope you didn't do what I was going to do because that could be the reason for the quick tube burnout.

Of course it was after 6 months. EAT/Music Hall replaced the first tube, but I haven't received a response on the second.

For the statistics: in 8 months (please don't ask me how many hours that is, though) no problem of any nature with the two I've been using. Keep my fingers crossed.

how much does a pair of these kt-88 tubes cost? where did you buy it? heard from review they can make your 2k amp sing like 20k amp.

In Germany EUR 450,- for a pair (matched, obviously).

Ignore those exact figures for a moment. I bought them for my EUR 2.2k Unison S2K, a very big leap of faith indeed. But one I have never remotely regretted from the first moment on. Can it compete with a 20k amp now? Don't know, but it sure has become another amp, definitely better in every respect (you're spot on:"sing" is indeed what it does).

I just received word from Mussc Hall that the second tube will be replace at no charge. I think the US retail is $800.00 for a matched pair. Expensive, but worth it.

Exelchuck, I am sure they sound spectacular, but certain factors have to be weighed, like the fact that it would cost me $4,800 to retube my amp with the EAT tubes!!