A new amp and a 6L6/KT66/5881 query
Jerry was kind enough to sell me his lovely little lowther club Jazz 6L6 yesterday (thanks again for the hospitality J).
It's a wonderful little amp, and sounds quite brilliant into the odeons. Looking at the spec it'll take a good range of valves, so looking forward to having a play around. I've always preferred SET amps and so my experiences have primarily been with 300b/el84/211 etc. Any pointers with what to expect with kt66/5881 etc please?
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Lovely looking amp there Jake. I would be lying is I didn't say I wasn't a wee bit jelous.
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Aye, it's a great amp -- and it almost drives my insensitive MBLs well on most music.
- as a cunning piece of salesmanship I took the amp round to Jake's place a few months ago, and he has been lusting after it ever since.
I bought it on t'Bay with RCA 6BG6 power valves supplied, the seller saying he preferred them to 6L6 the amp was named after. Having rolled a bit I have to agree, although I settled on the Brimar you see fitted there. Jake also has the original RCAs to play with. I didn't try any KT66 or 5881.
Best of luck and have fun with the rolling - I shall watch your progress with interest. Please keep us updated.
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It's remarkably good with the rigolettos. It seems to manage to give most of the mid range purity and glow of 300b but with better extension top and bottom. I hadn't realised there was quite so many options open in terms of rolling. Spec here
http://www.lowther.com.hk/Jazz%206L6%20Amp.htm
In terms of new market brands I've always got on well with genalex gold lion, so very tempted to give their kt66 a run.
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Gorgeous looking amp.
Like the valve adapter thingies ...
I've had two amps that used KT66/5881 valves. A Quad II that was warm and soggy, and a WAD5881 that was a bit the opposite. Both push-pull, of course, so no conclusions
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Ah! As always, you have to go to the experts on these things - so that's the technical name for them,I did wonder.Originally Posted by petrat
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Actually, they are more correctly called 'Doobries'.
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Nice looking amp.
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Steady on with the tech talk please chaps, you're losing me
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