Upscale Audio's Kevin Deal reviews the Gold Lion KT88

[@paulkielt9301]

Great clarification. I bought a pair of Gold Lion KT88s and I'm impatient to reveive and test them!

[@jharloe]

on the box the Gold Lion has a label that says lp:66 - Gm 7,700. what does this mean and is this the best statistics possible?

[@kevinv9461]

Bought eight of these from Upscale Audio with their cryo treatment for my MC2152. Put them in and they sound great. Much fuller sound than the stock tubes IMHO. Thank you Kevin!

[@BumpNrun69]

@@theobeta4317 👍👍

[@BicycleJoeTomasello]

Bullshit snake oil this Nancy is smoking crack

[@125southernnh2]

Just rolled in a nice quad of these beauties in my Prologue 4. Love these tubes.

[@fmazara]

125 Southern NH how does it compare to the stock tubes? I have the same amp and I’m actually thinking of changing to these.

[@frankgeeraerts6243]

Indeed one of the better current production tubes , however nothing to do with the genuine original GEC KT88 .............witch is and was superior in tone, nuances and lifespan ....and that's a fact !

[@ac81017]

If i ever travel to the US,then i´m going to visit uncle Kev :-)

[@RobD-jq7ry]

I'm just here because I found 4 GEC KT88's at a garage sale. Now im searching tubes...

[@amritjanardhanan]

Holy shit awesome find man!!!

[@RobD-jq7ry]

@@amritjanardhanan thanks man!! I'm into vintage audio...mostly solid state. But have a few tube pieces. Ive read up some and knew kt88s were used in hifi audio...but no clue these ones were so special. 4 of them sitting there randomly in box never used for a dollar a piece. When I looked them up I was obviously thrilled.

[@Derfunkmeister]

Is it really true that Upscale Audio doesn't send tubes to Europe? If so does anybody have any recommendations for tubes in Europe?

[@Booze4Blues]

Derfunkmeister HotRox or Watford Valves 👌🏻👌🏻

[@Lasse3]

tube amp doctor German company, measures and matches, also sells premium selected tubes, (those who had the highest /Best measurement performance)

[@ac81017]

Silly question but how well do tubes travel? Say from upscale audio to Sweden??

[@petegaslondon]

I just read the website - seems to me they aint shipping outside the US, at least for now

[@xburgos1]

I only buy from uncle Kev all of my tubes. He backs up all the talk and even gives you advise and suggestions on any setup needs. All you guys are smoking something if you'd deal with him. He will even call you personally to answer questions and concerns.

[@KS0stli]

I don't find the audio in this video to be very upscale...

[@ph0real444]

He travels the world looking for tubes. Was Saul Goodman consulted for this commercial?

[@srh361]

I thought this was a tube review, turned out to be a sales pitch for upscale audio.

[@robinrollins5732]

AND I DID NOT GET THEM CHEAP ON EBAY.... BULLSHIT

[@gonzalot74]

burned in=paying a premium for used tubes.

[@arthursarkisian4712]

it feels like he is drunk or a bit high...

[@LosFicosMusic]

Dont insult a Legend. Even chuck Norris wouldn't dare. Hehe

[@BumpNrun69]

@@LosFicosMusic "legend" love it, good one.

[@robinrollins5732]

Don't use these. I just screwed up my jcm800 Marshall with these shity tubes

[@zacharydoering313]

the only 800 model than can take a KT88 is the Zakk Wylde, and the Kerry King models, you need a special transformer to run them. I have heard these tubes before and they are amazing sounding. especially in high end audio. You need to run EL34, KT77, or 6L6 in your JCM or have a modded transformer that can handle the current. there are not bad tubes. It's just the wrong application for them. Or you could get a bugera amp with auto bias and run them then.

[@amritjanardhanan]

The tubes aren't shit, your power transformer cannot supply the current for the filaments and the plate dissipation is taxing the output transformer.

[@Booze4Blues]

🤪 Upscale 🤪 💩💩