Quicksilver Q4 monoblocks
Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps
Right now running bottlehead moreplay into pass x350.8. Speakers are ns5000. The sound is great but my buddy let me borrow cj lp140ms and the mid range magic these amps brought was amazing. The pass had better bass and maybe detail.
I wanted to see if I could get tube amps that had pass bass with romance of cj. I tried prima luna evo 300 but it was a step down from cj in terms soundstage and tone.
I'm guessing I need more power.. maybe at least 100 wpc. Any recommendations looking to spend less than $7k.
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My Quicksilver Mono 120s with KT120s (midrange) or KT150s (linear/transparency) fit the bill for the same reasons you are looking for. 100wpc. I also have a Soderberg (recently) modded and upgraded Pass/Forte' now true Class-A 50wpc just to give you an idea. Enjoy both for different reasons, but gotta say my tube amps are my fav when Im ready to really sit and listen to music and want that extra 15% of magic. The upgraded Pass/Forte' Class-A not far behind. My QS have a bit more body, bigger transformers (4 of them, 2 per amp), with a bit more depth, layering, 3D sound than my Class-A Pass/Forte. Just to see what they could really do, on the QS M120s I upgraded the coupling caps to even better Mundorfs and upgraded the four main power caps to even better Nichicons. The amps really came into their own. My speakers enjoy the added bit of current. They sound their best when driven by a nice tube preamp, I'm using a dual triode 6SN7 preamp. Add really good interconnects for source, and pre-to-amp, and ur there. Play with input tubes on the preamp and the mono amps for fine tuning. |
Found the v4 monos right here: https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649873599-quicksilver-v4-balanced-monoblocks/ |
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