What is the best 2A3 SET Amplifier?


Hello all,
I am searching for the best 2A3 SET Amplifier for my Avantgarde 2.1. Please advice.
haipo

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The best sounding 2A3 SET I've heard is the Fi 2A3 designed and built by Don Garber. I drove a pair of Kochel horns with the Fi 2A3 monoblocks and the sound was nectar. RCA NOS and KR 2A3's sounded better than the stock Chinese tubes, and although the amps sounded great stock, I swapped the stock Magnequest OPT's with Tamura with a noticeable improvement. I demoed/heard most of the above mentioned 2A3's and thought the Fi sounded best. This is a VERY simple yet elegant design. Contrary to the above post, I heard Cary, Wavelength and Wellborne and thought they were excellent and well designed and have the utmost respect for Ron and Gordon, clearly not beginners. In fact Gordon Rankin and Don Garber have been harbingers in SET design and quietly pushing forward for years, well before SET's "came" into fashion. You have quite a few outstanding products from which to choose.