Vic,
I ran without any failures Gold Lion KT88s in my Rogue M180 mono blocks for the 3-4 years that I had that system. After several years one tube was starting to weaken as evidenced by a thinning of the silver coating in the top of the tube after about three years of use. I have also used Gold Lion KT88 tubes in my Ayon Triton 1 without any issues for the 2-3 years that I have owned that piece - an amplifier that I truly like a lot and that unless I ever have an opportunity to move up in the Ayon line is an amp that I intend to keep from here on out. Finally, it's unfortunate that some have had bad experiences with USATubeAudio. My experience with them was quite to my satisfaction, as has been the two Ayon pieces (Triton 1 integrated and S-5 media player) that are the heart of my system.
I do not have any experience with the tubes you mentioned in your original post but would certainly agree with jond's and ghosthouse's previous comments.
Hope all works out well,
Cheers,
John
I ran without any failures Gold Lion KT88s in my Rogue M180 mono blocks for the 3-4 years that I had that system. After several years one tube was starting to weaken as evidenced by a thinning of the silver coating in the top of the tube after about three years of use. I have also used Gold Lion KT88 tubes in my Ayon Triton 1 without any issues for the 2-3 years that I have owned that piece - an amplifier that I truly like a lot and that unless I ever have an opportunity to move up in the Ayon line is an amp that I intend to keep from here on out. Finally, it's unfortunate that some have had bad experiences with USATubeAudio. My experience with them was quite to my satisfaction, as has been the two Ayon pieces (Triton 1 integrated and S-5 media player) that are the heart of my system.
I do not have any experience with the tubes you mentioned in your original post but would certainly agree with jond's and ghosthouse's previous comments.
Hope all works out well,
Cheers,
John