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My opinions re. SET and pp triode

My old stuff: Data3/ Enkainthus dac/First Sound 2/ CJ8xs/ Montana EPS.(92 sen)/ all Sy.Re.active x dig and analog ics/ AM Stealth/Custom power for the front end/ 7k in power cords (yes)
I just bought a Sophia 845 The one with the 205 tube ect.($7500ret.) --(bought used)
The dif as I hear it is; with the set you loose most of the lower slam and 10% of the highs. BUT; the mid magic is to die for. Never heard Nora sound like this.--- But one keeps looking for cds that are in the 'zone' of the set amp. I love this so much. Rock ain't its forte. When you come across a bad cd,female voice or not;its bad. Anybody did the switch? If you're coming from a 6550 amp the differences are huge. Ed, where R U?-Tell us what U think.
avguygeorge

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ed_sawyer
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hi George -

congrats on making a leap into that -the big 845 is such a nice tube. And if the sophia 205 is anything like the WE 205, that's a hell of a nice tube too. Glad that you like what you hear - I think in general SET stuff is my favorite type of amp/preamp/etc. the Big CJ stuff and other PP pentode/beam tetrode amps are nice too - they just have a massiveness of power which is unlike the SET scene. Different flavors, different roads to similar ends. Ultimately the best is to have at least one of each (SET and big-ass PP amp), and enjoy them both for what they are. Fortunately there's a lot of good choices in either camp.

enjoy,
-Ed
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