ever used KT88 for bass and el34 for mids/treble


I run two Prima Luna prolouge 4 amps as momo blocks in my set up. I built my own cross overs for each driver, so I can bi or even tri amp my speakers. I use channel one for bass and channel two for mids and trebble on each prolouge four. My question is what do you think would happen if I used KT88's for the bass and el34's for the mids and trebble. Maybe best of both worlds? Any ideas? The primaLuna amps have auto basis, so I can use any combo of tubes I want.
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I would interpret the question as referring to continuing to use the two amps in a vertical biamp configuration, but using EL34's in the channel of each amp which drives the mids/highs, and KT88's in the channel of each amp which drives the lows.

If so, a concern I would have is that the gains of the two channels would differ to a significant degree, resulting in a tonal imbalance. Unless, that is, the crossover network can somehow be adjusted to compensate. Or if you're lucky enough that using the 4 ohm tap on one channel and the 8 ohm tap on the other channel would happen to compensate sufficiently closely.

Regards,
-- Al