I just do not think i could be happy with 150;'s, The midrange was too forward, The 120's also may bea tad too forward in midrange.
hard to say,, Considering Jadis installed Svetlana 6550's, I have gone full circle, 90's,, 150,s 88's ,, back to Svetlana 6550's,.
The Gold Lion 88's I found good, but no cigar vs the Svetlana 6550, The design of the 88 vs 6550 are nearly identical, they are more like brothers than cousins.
What I perfered about the 6550s over the KT90;s , 88's, (tried chinese 88's and Gold lion 88's, EH90's) was the midrange was more quiet, , can;'t say anemic, more recessed lets say, not as forward. We are talking~~ nuances~~ , just shades of different voicing.
But considering I can only stay with one tube, I had to pick a tube ideal for my classical music. It would be hard to walk in a listening session and say which is the 90, the 88, the 6550.
Now with all my recent mods, it would be interesting to have the Gold lions, EHKT90's back in a shootout.
So what it would come down to is this. What exactly is the voicing one desires in a specific set up?
That is to say, my goal is ice cold, , = the less warm, the better.
And I need the human voice as life like as possible.
As I say, all 3 may offer these characteristics. , and it comes down to ~~shades,of differences~~ even miniscle.
At least taht is my assumption at this point.
It would great to have both competitive tubes back as a shootout. But that can not be. I've made my final decision.
Meaning one can not go wrong with any of these 3 excellent power tubes.
The 120's, I have no idea how they would respond in a cayin amp/PL amp, both offer more flexibility vs the Jadis Defy7, which really wants to have the 6550 in its socket.
My guess is the 120's voicing in certain mid fq's, might be a bit too forward for <,My>> preference.
After i get my jadis DPL back with all new caps, I will see how the system responds.. The new navships silvercopper speaker cables have slightly cut back some of the upper mid fq;s, = cut some of the warmth,, which others might hear as **less beefy**, might even say more anemic with the silver vs Home Depot's all copper wire.
This could go either way, more super lean with navships silver copper vs more warm with copper.
I perfer the silvercopper voicing. as now the bass, highs are balnaced perfectly with all mid fq's.
Thus one notes the sound stage takes on more separation, each instrument is more focused.
All my mods together have contributed to this distinct voicing,, which i bet the 6550 is the tube best fit to compliment all the upgrades installed.
That is each part has to compliment the whole. Its a delicate balance, and so I went for the 6550, pre many mods, but would bet ina shootout GL88 vs EH90, SV6550, I'd keep what I have.
Svetlana 6550 is IMHO the best of the 3 power tubes for voicing a balanced fq range, = taming the mid's to blend perfectly with highs, lows, thus the music is <<miniuetly/minisclue>>more natural, clean.
Others may havea system where the 90 works for the perference and 88 for another audiophile's ideal voicing.
who's to say....
hard to say,, Considering Jadis installed Svetlana 6550's, I have gone full circle, 90's,, 150,s 88's ,, back to Svetlana 6550's,.
The Gold Lion 88's I found good, but no cigar vs the Svetlana 6550, The design of the 88 vs 6550 are nearly identical, they are more like brothers than cousins.
What I perfered about the 6550s over the KT90;s , 88's, (tried chinese 88's and Gold lion 88's, EH90's) was the midrange was more quiet, , can;'t say anemic, more recessed lets say, not as forward. We are talking~~ nuances~~ , just shades of different voicing.
But considering I can only stay with one tube, I had to pick a tube ideal for my classical music. It would be hard to walk in a listening session and say which is the 90, the 88, the 6550.
Now with all my recent mods, it would be interesting to have the Gold lions, EHKT90's back in a shootout.
So what it would come down to is this. What exactly is the voicing one desires in a specific set up?
That is to say, my goal is ice cold, , = the less warm, the better.
And I need the human voice as life like as possible.
As I say, all 3 may offer these characteristics. , and it comes down to ~~shades,of differences~~ even miniscle.
At least taht is my assumption at this point.
It would great to have both competitive tubes back as a shootout. But that can not be. I've made my final decision.
Meaning one can not go wrong with any of these 3 excellent power tubes.
The 120's, I have no idea how they would respond in a cayin amp/PL amp, both offer more flexibility vs the Jadis Defy7, which really wants to have the 6550 in its socket.
My guess is the 120's voicing in certain mid fq's, might be a bit too forward for <,My>> preference.
After i get my jadis DPL back with all new caps, I will see how the system responds.. The new navships silvercopper speaker cables have slightly cut back some of the upper mid fq;s, = cut some of the warmth,, which others might hear as **less beefy**, might even say more anemic with the silver vs Home Depot's all copper wire.
This could go either way, more super lean with navships silver copper vs more warm with copper.
I perfer the silvercopper voicing. as now the bass, highs are balnaced perfectly with all mid fq's.
Thus one notes the sound stage takes on more separation, each instrument is more focused.
All my mods together have contributed to this distinct voicing,, which i bet the 6550 is the tube best fit to compliment all the upgrades installed.
That is each part has to compliment the whole. Its a delicate balance, and so I went for the 6550, pre many mods, but would bet ina shootout GL88 vs EH90, SV6550, I'd keep what I have.
Svetlana 6550 is IMHO the best of the 3 power tubes for voicing a balanced fq range, = taming the mid's to blend perfectly with highs, lows, thus the music is <<miniuetly/minisclue>>more natural, clean.
Others may havea system where the 90 works for the perference and 88 for another audiophile's ideal voicing.
who's to say....