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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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atmasphere6,710 posts11-14-2018 9:07amI've never heard 'tight bass' in real life. I play string bass, played in orchestras, jazz and folk combos and play in a rock band (keyboards) right now. IME/IMO 'tight bass' is a thing that only exists in stereo, and then mostly when the woofers are overdamped. 

Put another way, when tight bass exists, definition, the character of the bass notes, goes away. So I avoid tight bass, instead just look for what is natural. 
+1 Well said. Also, I really enjoy that "Making the Atma-Sphere M-60" video or as Lord Buckley would no doubt exclaim, "a sphere gasserrr!"

zuio, are your Theta's toed in? I know their manual shows some toe in with rather shallow boundary limits as well as equal distance between speakers and listening position. 

While every room is different I've had my Comets in three very different rooms and their suggestions only provided the most bass response at the cost of way more brightness and a small sound stage.

Try little to no toe in and use a wheeled office chair to locate the listening position.   








   
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