I have about 25 hours on a pair of the new Genalex Gold Lion ECC83s. They have excellent stage and dimensionality. They bring depth, breath and width to the music, especially with the mid range. The lows started out slow and bloated or shall I say 'tubey', but they seem to have firmed up a bit now. They still has some mass there though, i'm hoping they get a little bit tighter. I'd prefer it to seem like a solid bass shockwave hitting instead of a jellified mass being dropped on me. Hopefully the low end bloom is past tense. At any rate I had a pair of used Mullard 10M in prior and these are a dramatic improvement, bass bloat or not, these have a depth that the Mullards don't (or no longer) have. I'm looking forward to seeing how they shape up over the next few weeks.
Test piece is a Marantz 7 with the tubes in positions 4+5. I have had a Sovtek LP and a Tele in the 6th position which can also help to control the sound. I can also put these in the phono section of the Marantz or into a separate phono section and as drivers on my power amps, so I do have a lot of other places to try these guys.
Test piece is a Marantz 7 with the tubes in positions 4+5. I have had a Sovtek LP and a Tele in the 6th position which can also help to control the sound. I can also put these in the phono section of the Marantz or into a separate phono section and as drivers on my power amps, so I do have a lot of other places to try these guys.
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