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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and don’t forget RAM Tubes with fantastic computerized curve testing against many critical to in circuit test points…. flunking out some 90% of current production tubes… still in business and i recall operated by @clio

and the why is because RM was an excellent engineer and understood the very detailed RCA tube manual and SOA for that and many other tubes… MR products of which i’ve owned a few legendary for high performance with long tube life.

In this case doubt = wrong and very uninformed…. typical