Tubes On Top Without Getting Ridiculous


The more I read about biamping Tympanis the more I am convinced I must be missing out.

One of the thing that bothers me, however, is the idea of some quirky, overpriced, expensive tube eating amp for the mids and highs.

So without

- going through hell for that last elusive bit of magic,
- without raising the temperature of my room by about 20 degrees, and

- without having to ship hundreds of pounds of fragile gear in for servicing blah blah blah -

- oh and one more thing without spending a zillion dollars....

What tube amps might I consider for workhorse performance, when using perhaps Bryston 7 monoblocks on the bottom with a Marchand or Audio Research crossover.

Thanks for any ideas.
cwlondon

Showing 1 response by albertporter

Unfortunately I agree with Uppermidfi, mixing amps with a speaker as revealing as a Maggie will probably result in less than perfect results.

You can go with BIG tube amps or BIG transistor amps and both will give you great results that sound totally different.

Which set up wins musically is for the judge to decide, and you're the judge.