KT88 for deep bass ?

Hi, icurrent production, which have more deep bass ?
Gold Lion ?

Im using SED KT88 -C- with excellent bass but i need replace.

(i tried EH , i dont like, thight bass)

mati197910-09-2018 8:47pm

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atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11,841 posts 10-09-2018 at 09:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The kind of tube has little to do with how it plays bass- all tubes work to DC. The bandwidth of the output transformer, and the way the tube matches to it is a different matter.
helomech Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,694 posts 10-09-2018 at 11:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Just get some new production Tung-Sols. The preamp tubes have a bigger impact on the overall sound.
grey9hound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,112 posts 10-10-2018 at 11:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete SHUGUANG TREASURE KT88-Z The best that i have heard from any KT-88 Tube
grey9hound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,112 posts 10-10-2018 at 11:11am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Supposedly these are very good too https://www.thetubestore.com/northern-electric-kt88
mati1979 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 41 posts 10-10-2018 at 12:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hi, thank you. I have MC275 MK6, comes with stock tubes KT88 EH My ex MC275MK5 remember use SED KT88 =C= i replace with this SED to my MKVI and it's better in all freqs. Bass very deep. With EH Is agressive and bass very thight-close
glennewdick Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,689 posts 10-10-2018 at 07:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I've had good success and sound quality with gold lion and Shuguang new production tubes, I'm not a fan of the SED or EH tubes. good if you can't get anything else but basically I feel just a run of the mill tube. If you can find some NOS tubes they are usually better then the new production tubes. Are not the northern electric tubes just a rebranded Russian tube?
mati1979 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 41 posts 10-10-2018 at 07:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete and Svetlana KT88 ?

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