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COINCIDENT FRANKENSTEIN 300B STEREO

Just purchased one of these beasts from Israel of Coincident (quite the gentleman).

I already have a few SET amps that buck the trend of little bass and dynamics that often get associated with S.E.T. amps.

The Frankie is a top notch power amplifier.  Not a good value.  Not a giant killer.  A true, top quality power amplifier period.

I swapped out the stock tubes and what happened next shocked me.  Of course the midrange is gorgeous,  But I did not expect the highs to sparkle and the bass to have definition, texture, and punch.  Sorry,  I intended to say PUNCH.

As always, speaker matching is a key and a stable 6 Ohm speaker will sound best - but these babies are the real deal.

BTW, they retail at around $2,500.

Disclaimer - I am not a Coincident dealer and have no affiliation with Coincident.  I am a NOS tube dealer.

 

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paul_lindemann

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sns
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WTF with $2500 retail price?

 

Don't doubt they are top notch, I have Statement MKII pre, I'd have the Frankensteins if not for rather serendipitous find of very special bespoke 300B monoblocks, once in a lifetime find.

 

And I mentioned this in previous threads, one is not hearing any DHT based component at nearly their potential without top notch tubes. These circuits relatively elemental, the tube provides for large measure of their sound.

sns
3,953 posts
 

Shazam! Wow, Israel changing the lineup yet again, just learned about the MkIII vesion of Statement pre. Thanks for the update Charles.

sns
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@mclinnguy Burn in is very real as you've discovered  I run Coincident Statement pre with custom build 300B monoblocks. I'd expect you'd hear extras boutique 300B tubes bring to the table. I have Psvane Acme and WE's, both far superior to Shuguang Black Treasures.

sns
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@mclinnguy Generally you're going to only see positive reviews of all the boutique 300B tubes, and this over many reviews and many years. I'm still in process of evaluating WE's, to be completely transparent recently experienced failure of one of my new WE's, have replacement in hand, we'll see. As for sound quality vs Acme too early to say, WE warmer in mids, slightly less extended and open on top. Completely satisfied with Acme's over a couple years, aprox. 700 hours, simple curiosity and great sale price at Upscale ($1100) over holidays led to WE purchase.

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