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Genelex KT-88:Gold Lion/Monarch &re-issues

It appears that I have narrowed the choice of output tubes to the Genelex or one of the re-issues.
Does anyone have experience with the Gold Lion or Gold Monarch KT-88s?
Or the New Sensor re-issue Gold Lion
Or can contrast these others with the Shuguang KT-88-98?
The re-issues seem to run $190-$240 for a quad.The NOS is looking like $1600-!800 for the quad:money well spent or ??
My thanks in advance for your comments-Tom
tpsonic
tvad
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As are the Shuguang/Penta KT88SC, which are excellent tubes BTW, but no sparkle ;-)
Nsgarch (System | Threads | Answers)
I respectfully disagree about Shuguangs lacking sparkle. In my system, they had more sparkle than did the Gold Monarchs.

FWIW, my Gold Monarchs were purchased by Vintage Tube Services, the best tube seller in the business, IMO, so I believe they were of high quality.

Perhaps the amp in which they were both installed was the reason.
honest1
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Where do the JJs fit into all this?
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nsgarch
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Tvad, don't get me wrong -- for current product, I think the Shuguangs are great -- amd certainly the best value at $150/quad. BTW, what amp do you use them in?
Neil
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tvad
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I used them in a VAC Phi 110/110, which I no longer own.

I believe the Shuguang tubes might have sounded better to me because the VAC
Phi 110/110 was designed/voiced with VAC tubes sourced from China.
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