Loudspeaker designer/manufacturer John DeVore shows reviewer Ken Micallef his system.


And quite a system in it is!

At one point John tells Ken that he searched for the best amplifier of each "type" he could find, to use in the development of his various model loudspeakers. John explains in great detail how his speakers interact with different types of amplifiers.

Amongst the rare, unique, rather expensive, and/or otherwise unusual amps he chose, two more common and affordable models stick out: The Parasound A21, and for medium-power push/pull tube amps the Music Reference RM-10. John didn’t call it out by model number, but as he described it as a push/pull design using EL84 tubes it can only be the RM-10 (the only amp matching that description that Roger Modjeski ever marketed).

Modjeski marketed three push/pull amps: the first was the general purpose RM-9 (four EL34’s for 125w/ch)---a favorite of former Stereophile reviewer Dick Olsher, the second the RM-200 (a single pair of KT88’s for 125w/ch), designed to work unusually well with low impedance loudspeakers---Michael Fremer’s reference "affordable" tube amp for many years, and lastly the cute little RM-10 (a pair of EL84’s for 35w/ch). Modjeski said the sound of the RM-10 was his favorite of the three.

 

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Love Devore speakers!

Also, I  am using RAM’s “ Super low noise” 

5751 input tubes for my CJ premiere 12s And they are incredible.

Definitely the cleanest signal I have heard from the amplifiers.

I also really wanted to try the RAM Super low noise 6922 tubes

In my premier 16 LS2 Preamp, But they are incredibly expensive now (And even more, so since the tariffs, no doubt)

@clio09 

 

thanks for the information about the tube stock.

I am in CANADA so I presume they would still be the

25% tariff slapped on by Canada.

Plus, financially, I’m not in a place to order the tubes at the moment.

But it’s good to know that You’ve got quite a few of them When that time comes.

I bought a whole bunch of different 5751 tubes And really nothing was as transparent as the ones from RAM.

out of curiosity, do you have A equivalent low noise 6FQ7 tube available!