I just got a great deal on a pr of Mapleshade Bedrock floor stands, coming next week, see how they do . |
Al, then what makes a SET amp sound better that my neat 8 watt Eastern Electric 6BM8 integrated ? |
Al, you know the EE uses 4 6BM8, 2 a side ?
Thanks for the lesson , I really appreciate it . |
Map. yes I still have my Titus202 but I can't see 3 watts doing much for them, but I'll try my 8 watt EE 6Bm8 integrated and see how that goes .
To me cheap is no more than 1 K. I'm aware that Victories
are great , but as I won't be around in 5 years and have nobody to give them to IMO the Save the Child fund or Doctors without Borders should get that much money .
I was always under the impression that Tektons were rockers and there are things I don't like there .
Audiokeninsis, a most excellent post .I came to the same conclusions many years ago and my BS effciency detector is already highly developed, but I could not express it as well as you have .
Fan, thanks for the clue on the Coincident Dynamo. I have
some Mullard, Siemens and Phillips EL34s hanging around
that could use the exercise , good luck with Johnny
Football today .
Thank you , one and all ! |
I see a nice pr of ZU Omen came on today at $85O that the guy was using a 2.5 watt EL34 set with. Any thoughts?I have a ton of ZU wire including their best Event SC. IC and digital cable all of which are very good. Plus ZU is good to work with.
Charles, I had a buddy who had issues with Tekton . |
Map. be a week or two till I get around to it, will PM you.
Cheers |
Chayro, thanks very much ! I live in St.Paul though so its a bit far .
I had a pair of single driver Omegas with 4" Fostex, a bit
shouty in upper-mids for my taste . |
I used various amps I had at the time ,smallest was a low powered bottleneck I borrowed to use with my
bottleneck pre, I think it was about 5 watts but no set of course.
But I've heard the 4 " Fostex many times in many systems, the upper mids are just plain rough ,at least the way my ears work. They can be overall OK, but the hemp drivers Omega uses
now are far better .
I've never hears a real SET rig, as least as far as I can remember . |
Smallest amp I used was a bottleneck , I had a bottleneck pre at the time . I think it was about 5 watts but no set of course.
But I've heard the 4 " Fostex many times in many systems, the upper mids are just plain rough ,at least the way my ears work. They can be overall OK, but the hemp drivers Omega uses
now are far better .
I've never hears a real SET rig, as least as far as I can remember .
I'm leaning to have Sean at ZU make me a used Omen for classical on that $999 "Dirty" deal they have on their website . Not least because the ZU Event wire I have is VERY good . And I enjoy the placement fuss the Omens seem to require .
|
|
Gang, my question now just boils down to the amp.
The Dynamo looks like a winner and I have NOS Mullard 5U4G and 5ARF on hand but the EL 34's have on hand are pull-outs from old Dynaco 70"s and the Russian "reissues" may be great and all by MY ears just don't believe it.
I have heard the Almarro A205 quite a bit and was very impressed , plus I know from many back in the day trials my ears much prefer EL84's to EL34's , and I have NOS prima EL84's on hand but will the extra 2 watts of the Dynamo make a diff ? |
Thanks Swamp, I have access to some Omega 3xr with the hemp drivers ,I 'll try those before I buy any other speakers . |
Thanks , Fan . As I remember when brand new Mullard EL 34 were 20 bucks a quad it would would be impossible for me to spend 600 bucks for a pair for if my net worth was 20 million .
As I recall when I bought the new quad of Mullard EL84 I have 20 years ago they were 30 bucks . |
Al, if I'm reading you right it would seem one should go right to a 3-4 K 300B amp or just forget about it ?
best,
Len |
Map, I just put small Herbies fat dots under the 202's at each corner. Big jump in instrumental separation and placement, at 5 bucks a piece I know of no better tweek.
I could go on and on how great they sound but nobody would believe me .
The 6bm8 sounds tad better than the EL84 which sounds better
the EL34. The little EE is excellent . |
As usual the genius of the one and only Mapman strikes again .
I'm listening right now to my Triangle Titus 202's, the cheapest speaker (600$) ever to be a Stereophile Class B , with my 8 watt EE Minimax integrated . They are fast as lighting and coherent as hell with a cap crossover at 6 K.
VERY realistic tone and staging , one of those hard to shut off jobs . At a rated 90db eff I never thought to use then with the little Minimax with Hitachi 6BM8's , but the presentation is flawless !
Smokes everything else I have on hand in my small condo,
Meadowlark Kestrel 2 and Eagle
Silverline Prelude
Totem Model 1 Sigs
Gallo CL-3
Rega R1
Wire is Morrow MA-5 and SP-4 biwire .
I have less than a grand into the speakers and amp and about $500 in wire .Wish I knew this 20 years ago, but I was too busy listening to music , |
A-gon should install a special button to click on for all
who profit from Al's advice to donate a few bucks to his account for every answer . |
Thanks, Map -beyond all doubt Triangle is tube time, I suspect they are around 91db in the space I have .
I'm listening to Baroque Organ right now (Couperin )and they are doing fine , real fine, Guitar is off the charts as is piano !
+ EE makes very high quality stuff . |
