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Replacement Tubes for ARC Reference 6

I realize that the tube replacement for ARC's Ref 6 are good quality, and when I get these from ARC they would be matched.  I believe these are all Russian--good, but not great.  Is there any reason to check for better quality tubes when I do a replacement?  These are 6H30P and 6550WE tubes.  
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lalitk
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+1, noromance.

The very least you should go for SVETLANA Winged "C" 6550C rectifier. This alone would be an improvement over WE6550. The Reflector 6H30n-DP are the best variants of 6H30p but hard to find and expensive.

I had these tubes in my Ref 6 and heard immediate uptick in overall SQ.
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