845 or 300b with Agalme?

@52tiger

Sonically, best I’ve owned. Really can hear the emotion in the music.

it’s a little embarrassing but actually teared up a couple times.

Perfectly understood. The genuinely good audio components elicit this type of response/reaction. It’s all about the ability of some components to connect and emotionally engage you with the music.

I am unaware of any measurements that can determine/predict this. You have to listen. Not surprised that the Agalme and Thoress SET are capable of this.

Charles

@52tiger I went ahead and got the Thoress 845’s, it was a good choice

Very nice!!!

You had numerous good amplifier options. I believe that you will be thrilled with the Horning Agalme and Thoress 845 SET pairing.There will be no looking back in my opinion. I eagerly await your listening impressions and congratulations!

Charles

@52tiger 

In my opinion the 211 tube is an excellent option. As has been said many times, the key factor is quality of amplifier built /parts and implementation. 211/845/300b/ 6c33c/GM 70/2A3 etc.  Any one of these can provide fabulous sonic results if approached correctly. Numerous good paths to follow with an easy to drive speaker of this caliber.

Charles 

@sns

I've had two 845 SET amps, greater impact, authority with 845, 300B more harmonic development, sweeter. I love both tubes, probably can't go wrong with either. Make sure you have high grade power tubes in either case.

Agreed.  I feel that I could be just as happy with an 845 SET as I am with the 300b SET. Different but equally satisfying on their own terms with excellent implementation. I looked at the Thoress amplifiers (300b/845/F2A) before settling on the Coincident Frankenstein. I have no doubt that I'd be very happy with that choice as well.

Charles

To my knowledge, the Horning speakers regardless of the model are 96 db sensitivity (Or higher). They are considered to be a very easy to drive flat 4 ohm speaker impedance.  I found this description on “Mono and Stereo” website.

The new Agalme statement speaker [€36.000/pr] is built around the new 6.5-inch PM65 Hørning/Lowther driver with 2.4 Tesla field strength in the voice coil’s air gap. For bass there are twelve 8" woofers in a push/pull array. For treble augmentation there is a new spiderless cone tweeter with 99dB efficiency. Overall system sensitivity is given as 102dB at 30Hz and 99dB at 20kHz. Each cabinet measures 200 x 65 x 40cm, weighs 130kg and "is built to a very high standard wood finish".