Tungsol KT120 60 watter giant tubes?

[hopkinWFG]

Hey there ! Well i just wondering how many has tried this new tube before? Its said to be a KT88 replacable? But googled it takes abit more of the heaters current...

Just wondering has anybody tried putting these in any amp yet? Hows the tone like besides the technical issues on heat dissipation ?

Does it sound more open? More natural ? Besides being tighter i guess? Many said its a better KT88 sounding tube ?

 

[Racerxrated]

I have a pair of KT90s, I used them in a VHT Deliverance long ago. That tube is a much improved KT88 to me; it has the tight big lows of the 88 with the mids of a 34. Great tube.
But I have not tried 120s.

 

[hopkinWFG]

I have a pair of KT90s, I used them in a VHT Deliverance long ago. That tube is a much improved KT88 to me; it has the tight big lows of the 88 with the mids of a 34. Great tube.
But I have not tried 120s.

Does it loosen up on the 34mids with a sizzle topend? Ie eh vs shuguang el34bstr?

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

I wish I could understand what you guys talk about and how you can tell a tube has the lows of this with the spank of this tube. I've been playing like 32 years and I'm doing good to understand what someone means when they say a guitar tone is warm.

 

[braintheory]

Soundwise it’s a similar difference to when you go to a higher wattage model amp, but more subtle. It sounds a little more efficient and bigger, but the tone is also more sterile and distant vs a KT88, which already has that sound anyway. I heard KT150’s are even more in that direction

For power, the vintage Tesla KT88S’s sound bigger than those Tung-Sol KT120’s with actual good tone behind it as well (very rare and expensive though) and the real king (also rare and $$) are the GEC TT21 KT88’s

 

[braintheory]

Does it loosen up on the 34mids with a sizzle topend? Ie eh vs shuguang el34bstr?

The KT90’s vs EL34’s are IME a little like how a 6550 would compare to 6L6’s. Sort of a bigger brother, but there are always some trade-offs. The little brothers tend to still have a bit more going on in the mids and overall richness in sound, but the extra power and punch of the bigger bottles is fun

 

[Racerxrated]

The KT90’s vs EL34’s are IME a little like how a 6550 would compare to 6L6’s. Sort of a bigger brother, but there are always some trade-offs. The little brothers tend to still have a bit more going on in the mids and overall richness in sound, but the extra power and punch of the bigger bottles is fun

I heard a definite improvement in the midrange of 90s, vs 88s....at least in the D60 I had. Sounded like big 34s to me.

 

[braintheory]

I heard a definite improvement in the midrange of 90s, vs 88s....at least in the D60 I had. Sounded like big 34s to me.

Yeah that’s what I meant with also 6550’s coming off that way vs 6L6’s

 

[Rex Rocker]

I wish I could understand what you guys talk about and how you can tell a tube has the lows of this with the spank of this tube. I've been playing like 32 years and I'm doing good to understand what someone means when they say a guitar tone is warm.

To be fair, it does get confusing. People speak of "tube poweramp warmth" when the whole EQ curve of a tube poweramp is a HUGE midscoop with boosted sublows and presence-y highs.