ENTER TO TRY GOLD LION KT77'S IN YOUR AMP FOR FREE!!!

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OK, here's what I found, first, let me say these are great sounding tubes. In the modded plexi, they had a little more detail up top than the SED's, were slightly more open, stayed tight and had good bottom. This was pretty much the case no matter what I ran them in.
I tried them in the Friedman Metro-Plexi, a Langner modded 900, and a stock JMP with similar results. With the tone controls the same,
the biggest difference seemed to be that the SED's had more detail in the mids, vs the GL's having more detail on top, making them sound a little more open. I think there would have been a lot more difference had I compared them to some other tube brands out there, but at the moment, the SED seems to be the one everyone prefers, so that was my baseline for comparisons sake. As Dave said, you could dial in the mids a bit and get real close to the SED's midrange detail, but running them neck and neck all things being equal, the GL's get the nod for a slightly more open top end tone, while the SED's have an advantage in the mids detail. All things considered, I still lean towards the SED's, mostly because I'm a mid guy, I have a bunch of Marshalls to keep up, and they cost less
I would think in a more modern voiced amp like a VH4 these would kill pretty much anything, but I have nothing to base that on except
my own opinion ;)

I really appreciate Tyler and Chelsea at TC Tubes letting me try these out, they were a pleasure to deal with, they match sets up really well, and they stock all the cool stuff, you guys should check their website out :rock: :rock:
www.tctubes.com
 
I have to add, just got hm early today and tried them in my JVM with the stock tubes, much more of a difference in that amp than the others, maybe because I had stk tubes in it, but everything is better in this one. I do know the stk tubes were not matched well, but the GL's sound much better in every channel (clean too) in this amp. Clean, dirty, or full meltdown
I did not anticipate the difference in the clean channel, that was a cool surprise. It sounds much more open, bigger and much smoother than the stock tubes did. I guess its all relative to the tubes you are comparing them to. IMO, SED's are the best EL34 available at this time, and there was less difference between the two, but compared to the stk Marshall tubes, its a no-brainer, hands down the Gold Lion KT77's are the way to go :rock: :rock:
I mostly use that amp for cleans w/ some sauce added, and use a amp switcher to select another head for gain tones
I'll have to contact Tyler and Chelsea and see if I can keep these :D :D
Who's next??
 
Thanks to all who participated. Hopefully some of you found it a worthwile endeavor. Tyler says Thanks :rock:
 
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