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In Reply to: Genalex vs Western Electric 300B posted by Paully on July 2, 2024 at 21:46:19:
I have tried reissue WE, Takatsuki, Shuguang (came stock with the amp), and TJ mesh plate. I got a Line Magnetic 210 IA in 2020 or 2021, so my experience is limited to that amp and that time frame, but to my ears in my room with my system, the WE are what I prefer. By a large margin. Bought an extra new pair as back ups because I liked them so much more than the others.
I use the 300B amp with approx 100db sensitive EV Sentry IVB horn speakers.
Only caveat to this is that my workhorse amp has been an ASL Orchid 2a3 amp manufactured and modded at the turn of the century. It's in the shop getting necessary maintenance as well as a capacitor upgrade. When I get that amp back, the 300B is going back in the guest room. As far as 2a3, to my ears (same system, room, and speakers described above) the WWII or earlier era RCA (especially the ones that look like they have a tar-like coating on the plates instead or bare or shiny metal) are the "magic" tube to me, even more so than the reissue WE 300B.
Don't mean to start that debate over again!
For me, as far as 300B goes, the reissue WE was definitely worth the extra cost. If you have an amp that uses the 310A as driver tubes, I also found the original WE tubes to be similarly worth the extra cost in terms of extra smiles per song...-.
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