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Tube / SS amp that handles 4ohm loads well and delivers lively texture / palpability

For Triangle signature theta speakers. Real 90db(measured - most manufacturers would claim 94db) Minimum impedance 4.4ohm
amp or integrated. Low volume listening. I would drive an amp with a dac with included class A Ss preamp.

triangles have very sharp high frequencies (horn loaded tweeter) and need a very warm fullbodied amp with texture that manages to be still lively and fast and open.

that screams tube amp but in am concerned about bass performance an coherence as rock solid timing is my goal no.1 and full body my goal no.2 

I thought about el34 amps like lm211ia or class a amps like densen or valvet, class b like LFD.
Small and light gainclones would be nice as well if they can deliver the performance.


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inna
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This is a very important post by Ralph. This BS audiophile 'tight bass' doesn't exist, it's artificial. I will quote Vladimir of Lamm on connected issue - You can get a killer bass out of transistors but that's not the way it is in reality.
And not only bass. Ever heard acoustic guitar or voice live ? They resonate. One of the main reasons why many so-called state of the art systems sound like nonsense even with good analog source, that is hi-fi sound not high-end sound.
inna
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Speakers sure, but not at all only speakers. Once I had interconnect cables that gave me both exaggerated and too tight a bass, those cables were off the balance. Just cables. I replaced them and it is now much closer to what it should be and no exaggeration unless it is in the recording.
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