I’ve been using KT150’s since the first batch made it to the US shores ... Some 5 years or so ago?? They are linear, open, transparent, and effortless. They have a top end which is seemingly limitless and a punch that grips with deep taught bass. They are powerhouses that exude confident control.Their neutrality denies they’re glass bottles and their forte is bringing solid state levels of control into a vacuum tube without denying much of a tubes’ virtues ... realism, tangibility, and 3D soundstaging.
I too love the EL 34 tube... but this isn’t even a distant cousin... which at first had me second guessing my decision to choose them. But they are so balanced... and do so much well...that I’ve found other places in my audio chain to add “tubed richnes” up the line via Dac and Preamp that the overall “blend” is like my favorite stew on a cold winter night. They’re great tubes.
Good luck and happy Lissn’n.
I too love the EL 34 tube... but this isn’t even a distant cousin... which at first had me second guessing my decision to choose them. But they are so balanced... and do so much well...that I’ve found other places in my audio chain to add “tubed richnes” up the line via Dac and Preamp that the overall “blend” is like my favorite stew on a cold winter night. They’re great tubes.
Good luck and happy Lissn’n.