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Tried tubes and LOVED it, now what?

Hi all, I had Solid state all my life until I bought a used integrated tubes amp Cayin a88-T for $1,000 and love it to death, but after few years, now what? I’m Thinking of movng up the chain but not sure where to go. Most of my speakers are bookshelf and small floorstandings. Thanks
nasaman

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lilmsmaggie
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TUBES RULE! -  May the Force be with you.
lilmsmaggie
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@nasaman, tube rolling is a term used to denote swapping tubes of the same type, equivalent or NOS (new old stock).

For example 6SN7 tube types from different manufacturers: Tung-Sol, RCA, Electro-Harmonix, Sovtek, etc. Ditto with KT-88’s

An equivalent tube type to a 6SN7 would be a 5692 type.

KT-88 equivalent would be 6550.

Experimenting in this way is referred to "tube rolling."
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