Spectron vs any good tube amp.

Teajay, you told me what I wanted to know. The description you gave is precisely what I had theorized. The two most important words are "musical and natural".

Back when I was a child, and every thing was "tubes"; the table top radio was "musical and natural". Now I don't even need to audition Spectron

Charles1dad, "sound" is one thing while "music" is another. People can become addicted to certain kinds of "sound", but is it music?

"They" sold us on SS, and we believed them. One day I asked myself, "If this is so good, why don't I feel what I use to feel". When I went back to tubes, I received the answer.

Tubes vary with the amplitude and frequency of the music constantly, while transistors turn on and off. They do this at such a rapid rate that your conscious mind thinks they're on all the time. When I listen to music, I listen with my third ear; that's kind of like that center channel in your listening room. My third ear is connected directly to my heart; if it doesn't hear, I won't feel.

My third ear rejects anything artificial, and the Spectron is artificial by design; consequently I believe it would be a waste of time "for me" to audition it; especially after teajay confirmed what I had theorized.

No. SS people, and tube people; hear things so differently that one finds the other hard to believe, which is why I asked "what a tube person thought about the Spectron?"

No, I've never listened to an SET, but I would like to. Theoretically, I think it should be the best; especially the 300B SET.

I hate to use "abstract" words and at the same time speak in scientific terms, but I have no alternative in this case. My scientific theory coincides with the word "soul". I listen for the "soul" of the music. This is something that's different than the "sound" of the gear.

There's certainly no doubt about the Joule-Electra LA-300. That will be my next Pre, but I'll have to try the 300B before I consider any thing else in regard to amp.

My present speakers are 92DB, 8 ohm; it seems that 300B's like 16 ohm, I don't understand that?

More information on speakers for 300B would be helpful.

I'm not into rock, and my days for "blasting" are long gone. I want to hear all the subtle nuances that make music beautiful. I like musicians that play music as opposed to notes. The right set up in a bedroom would work for me.

I'm going to give the 300B's a try with my present set up and listening room. I'll start shopping soon.

This is a "Tower of Babel" if there ever was one. "God confused their language, causing them to speak different languages so they would not understand each other".

The music we like, and every aspect of that music determines what gear we like best. It determines which cartridge, what speakers we like, and so on. We could sit in the same room, listening to the same music, emanating from the same gear; and hear two entirely different "songs". That is our "reality".

I learned quite some time ago how to get the most out of reviewers in regard to cartridges. When I picked the one who liked the same music as I did, I succeeded. When we speak in glowing terms of what we hear emanating from the gear we like best, and how good it is, and recommend it to other people; we are making far too many assumptions. For example: SS people speak in terms of "fast and definitive with bass slam". While tube people will speak in abstractions like "nuance", that aren't always easy to communicate; we live in two different worlds.

I hope these new elements I've injected into this conversation, will aid in our communications.

PrimaLuna ProLogue Seven monos, with the right NOS tubes; are superior to the ARCS I've heard, which were my amps of choice before PrimaLuna.

300B SET's are amps I'm going to give a spin, not amps I've even heard before. "Theoretically", they could be better than "push pull". It's for sure they'll have to go a long way to beat PrimaLuna.

Unsound, I looked for a definitive post to confirm your convictions in this "imperfect world of audio reproduction", and I couldn't find one. Do you have any convictions?