Hi.
I too found the Aleph 3's power wanting, and realizing that the 5 might not cut it, opted for a pair of 2 monos. Fearing impedance mismatches lead me to select the PERFECT running mate to the Alephs: the Aleph P premamp...simply adds one more gain stage, perfectly impedence-matched, with utter silence, neutrality, and balanced running to drive longer ICs. We're now talking $4500-5000 used, but a setup for life. Driving Alephs with tubes because one's speakers' frequency response in-room is flawed is a real ass-backwards
approach, me-thinks. I'm not sure that at the 30-50 watt level I wouldn't prefer an Audio refinement Complete over an Aleph 3 being pushed by a badly-matched pre! Heresy...I know!
I went to the trouble to make dedicated lines and PCs for my Alephs from Belden 83802 (2x12AWG in Teflon), but not sure if there are sonic benefits. MAYBE there's better large dynamic swing in the lower bass, but I'm not sure.
I spoke with Nelson, Peter, and Pass' stuff re current-dams, etc., so I can believe that the Alephs are much less influenced by PC upgrades than other amps running A/B or lower-wattage Class A.
I'm building an entry-level system for a friend of mine from a NAD C541i, Blue Heaven Audio Refinement Complete, and Spendor SP3/1P. Do you think for a moment I considered using an Aleph 3 and a pre instead? C'mon....
Good Night.
I too found the Aleph 3's power wanting, and realizing that the 5 might not cut it, opted for a pair of 2 monos. Fearing impedance mismatches lead me to select the PERFECT running mate to the Alephs: the Aleph P premamp...simply adds one more gain stage, perfectly impedence-matched, with utter silence, neutrality, and balanced running to drive longer ICs. We're now talking $4500-5000 used, but a setup for life. Driving Alephs with tubes because one's speakers' frequency response in-room is flawed is a real ass-backwards
approach, me-thinks. I'm not sure that at the 30-50 watt level I wouldn't prefer an Audio refinement Complete over an Aleph 3 being pushed by a badly-matched pre! Heresy...I know!
I went to the trouble to make dedicated lines and PCs for my Alephs from Belden 83802 (2x12AWG in Teflon), but not sure if there are sonic benefits. MAYBE there's better large dynamic swing in the lower bass, but I'm not sure.
I spoke with Nelson, Peter, and Pass' stuff re current-dams, etc., so I can believe that the Alephs are much less influenced by PC upgrades than other amps running A/B or lower-wattage Class A.
I'm building an entry-level system for a friend of mine from a NAD C541i, Blue Heaven Audio Refinement Complete, and Spendor SP3/1P. Do you think for a moment I considered using an Aleph 3 and a pre instead? C'mon....
Good Night.