I'm sure Ralph would tell you if your speakers would be a good match for his amplifiers. 300 series Rowland amps run quite cool and are very "tube like".
Atma-Sphere vs Pass Labs Class A
Has anyone directly compared the atma-sphere amps versus a Pass Labs Class A design? I have been running OTL tube amps and found nothing I like better in terms of openness, natural sound and transparent, realism, but in the summertime they are very hot running.
What would be the closest in sound to the atmasphere in a solid state design?
What would be the closest in sound to the atmasphere in a solid state design?
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It will surprise me if anyone has compared these two brands on speakers that match both equally well. Very well said. They are designed with fundamentally different philosophies, and among other things have drastically different output impedances. Ralph has an excellent paper on this at his site: http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_paper2.html Regards, -- Al |
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Warren, have you lived with some Class A solid state amps that run cooler than Class A tube amps (of comparable power output)? My experience is that it's the Class A operation that makes the amps run so hot, not that it's tube vs. solid state. Just curious if your experience is different than mine. I've not compared the Atma-Sphere with the Pass Labs, and yes I sweat through the warm weather with my A-S MA-2s, too. |
