Mjcmt,
I actually used to own for over 6 years a pair of Dynaco A25, recapped, with the recommended seas tweeter upgraded.
I personally found the A25 lovely things in many ways but slow sounding and as a result very dynamically challenged. The A26 is not slow sounding.
I dont think anyone would be disapointed with the A26 kit but its not perfect: bass is not the tightest and imaging is far from perfect, but for the money, its truly a well rounded loudspeaker. It has good bass (feel it in your body) , good image size, smooth treble, coherent (the 1st order tweeter and no highpass on the woofer make the driver integration just as coherent as anything ive had) and its able to play loud without losing composure, decent detail and nice tone.
Seas A26 vs Harbeth shl5plus
It lacks some midrange magic and precision compared to the harbeth shl5plus I had, but the overall presentation of the A26 is less bright then the shl5 and I prefer the upper bass and treble of the A26
order a 18ohm resistor as well. sometime I use the 15 ohm and sometime I prefer the 18ohm resistor in place.
I would recommend no less then 15 WPC tube power
I actually used to own for over 6 years a pair of Dynaco A25, recapped, with the recommended seas tweeter upgraded.
I personally found the A25 lovely things in many ways but slow sounding and as a result very dynamically challenged. The A26 is not slow sounding.
I dont think anyone would be disapointed with the A26 kit but its not perfect: bass is not the tightest and imaging is far from perfect, but for the money, its truly a well rounded loudspeaker. It has good bass (feel it in your body) , good image size, smooth treble, coherent (the 1st order tweeter and no highpass on the woofer make the driver integration just as coherent as anything ive had) and its able to play loud without losing composure, decent detail and nice tone.
Seas A26 vs Harbeth shl5plus
It lacks some midrange magic and precision compared to the harbeth shl5plus I had, but the overall presentation of the A26 is less bright then the shl5 and I prefer the upper bass and treble of the A26
order a 18ohm resistor as well. sometime I use the 15 ohm and sometime I prefer the 18ohm resistor in place.
I would recommend no less then 15 WPC tube power