"Keith G" wrote in message
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...I shall say this only once.....

Some time back someone posted to the effect 'is it possible to get into
valves for under £***?' (I don't remember the figure - maybe someone else
does, but it wasn't a very large sum?) and a smallish thread ensued....??

Well, I'm not sure what it means in respect to my other (much-loved) amps,
but I gotta say I have just heard the *best ever* rendition of my main
'reference' album (and the *best ever* rendition of my ultra-reference
track on that album) just now, on a setup using my (revalved) 'Chinese'
Dynavox VR-70E (EL34) amp.....

....and I feel constrained to mention it here!!



OK, further comparisons prompt me to say that my KT88 amp is holding its own
with a somewhat more refined presentation of the same music mentioned above,
albeit with a little less 'punch'. It is offering a little more air/space
and a slightly 'less-forward' delivery with a tighter, reduced bass.

Confirms my original suspicions that the EL34 amp is, in fact, well suited
to CD and other digital sources, especially with material like the Yello
'techno', recently mentioned elsewhere.....