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Power Tubes Quicksilver Mid Mino

Just picked up a up Quicksilver Mid Mono along with 6 Mullard XF1 EL34’s. The tubestest surprisingly strong, but I want to extend thier life as long as possible and also try a different Tube Type. Any comments on the Gold Lion KT77 or KT66’s in the mid monos?  I’m using a fairly efficient pair of Audio Note AN/Es, so I don’t think I need KT88’s or KT120’s.  I’m running my exogal DAC striaghf into the amps.  Great combo.  Haven’t felt the need for an active pre.  Thanks.
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oddiofyl
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I have had speakers from 87 dB sens to 99 dB and these amps had plenty of power .... they are great amps.
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oddiofyl
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I love my Mid Monos...   KT66 sound great , as do KT88.   I am running Mullard repops in them now and they sound great too....    so when I need a change of pace I will swap types .  Overall I think I prefer Gold Lion KT66 but the quad I had was getting tired so down the road I will get another quad.   I would love to hear from anyone that has used the new 7581a tubes in these amps...
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oddiofyl
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The new Mid Monos apparently have separate bias for each tube and can take KT120 and KT150....  i asked Mike from Quicksilver a while back if KT90 were ok and he recommended against using them...   He said that they were voiced with EL34 and he recommended EL34 .   When I bought my Mids, they had big bottle 6l6 and they were ok,  but I didn't know how many hours were on them so I installed EH EL34 , the ones with the green label. They actually sounded really good.   

So if you have the older style with single bias pot and L.E.D. I would call or email QS to see what they caution agai st using.
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