Ken Rads on their own suck. They tend to be enormously microphonic, and completely lack dimensionality. What they do bring to the Freya table is tone, instruments sound real. The early 40's Raytheons add dimensionality. Chrome dome Sylvanias are bright, if you have sufficient high frequency hearing loss, they may sound okay. The really old Sylvanias are supposed to be something special, but who wants to spend 100 or more for NOS tubes that can last years, or days? All that said, if you are content with your system, that's great, until you try to pass it off as more than it is, then your going to called out.
Might try a tube preamp
I’ve been toying with the idea of giving tubes a try and thought I would start with a tube preamp running to my SS amp and see how I liked it.
After reading reviews and looking through some of the posts here on Audiogon I’ve been thinking of a LTA micro ZOTL or rogue audio RP-7 - each around $5k. Thoughts on these?
Or would I be better off looking for something else used here on Audiogon? Maybe a ARC Ref 5 or LS-28? I’m pretty new to tubes so am open to options.
Thanks
After reading reviews and looking through some of the posts here on Audiogon I’ve been thinking of a LTA micro ZOTL or rogue audio RP-7 - each around $5k. Thoughts on these?
Or would I be better off looking for something else used here on Audiogon? Maybe a ARC Ref 5 or LS-28? I’m pretty new to tubes so am open to options.
Thanks
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