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Congratulations! I still love my Cronus Magnum...

even after several years. And I owned a CJ MV60SE/Premier 17LS combo (which was quite good).

The unit can be improved substantially with better tubes and fuses (disclosure: I have a set of Synergistic Red fuses for the Magnum up for sale as I upgraded to the Black ones).

Unlike many amps, the phase splitters and, particularly, the drivers have a significant effect on the sound. NOS signal tubes still beat any new production. I especially like Mullard for the driver position, RCA/Raytheon black-plates for the phase splitters, and Radiotechnique for the pre-amp.

IMO, KT120s sound good, KT88s and 6550s better, and KT66s best of all for the power tubes. KT77s sounded off (discontinuous) for some reason and KT90s lean. EL34s, in this amp, are rolled off on top and bottom.



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