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| Harbeth vs. Tyler well for one thing you ought to do your research. For Tyler you can read all the posts on audiogon and also on Tyler;s web site and also Sally renolyd's review on the Tyler Lin Sys 2. back in Oct 06. The Taylo i believe uses the scanspeak tweet. I... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms True i did swap the KT90's for th eKT88's w/o biasing. But also had a KT88 NEW intergrated for demo purposes. The amp did not perform on 88 db speakers. Divad may have better luck with his KT88. Both are chinese. Though cayin is chinese I consider... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Divad i had a chinese KT88 amp very close in specs to the one you are looking at. I can only speak for my speakers, the amp did not have enough power. Manufacturers can say "amp has X amount of watts". but are they quality watts?My Jadis Orch Refe... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Tvad, all the time I had the JOR i never thought to bias the unit to see if I could get a tad more highs. Now that i have the Defy 7, if there is something I don;'t like about the sound, i'll look into biasing the unit. But since the amp has few h... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms The guy who bought my JOR , who actually owned 2 previous JOR's said the amp "should/ought" to be biased every year. Take that up with him. I figured he knows what he is talking about. said tubes wear every yr and a slight bias adjustment 'could b... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms My JOR is,, well the one I sold...is rated 40 watts "conservatively" as they say...does "manage" to drive the 89 db speakers. However since i never biaed the unit, I am not sure there was more highs it could have achieved. On jazz, pop, R7B there ... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Audiofeil I ceratinly cannot argue any of those points ......and feel like I've won anything.Do not allow my digressive comments and short sightedness keep us from gaining further understanding of this important subject. I am learning something he... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Duke, apologies for that crass comment on what you actually do, which is build a fine speaker. Please excuse my lack of discretion. Paul its true I only have limited exposure to different tube amps, so will reconsider the SET's and other tubes on ... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms My bad. I was only aware of Duke's mention of his Sound Labs. The Seas phase plug is copper, and the back also looks to be copper. I was not aware of the Hex magnet. thanks for the clarification and link. | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Duke builds panels, which as you know require massive ss amp power.Paul then you have a SET amp correct?Would that be similiar to the 300 tube? Yes. I heard the 300 tube with orch, the load/complexity was overwhelming. Total shut down of the tube.... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms PaulI googled impedance. Its a load issue, 4 ohm speakers create a heavier impedance/resistance level vs a speaker at 8 ohms. Now I'm not sure why some Seas Excel designs are 8 ohms: Thor and several Tyler designs all with lower db levels at 87, a... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Paul , nice post, and in agreement. FWIW, I demoed a KT88 40 watt intergrated (chinese model/low end lab) just to see how well the 88's work out on orch. The amp is the same weight as my JOR, but offer more tubes in the pre section. Very disapoint... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Hiend, well sure the 300 tube, even at 4 per mono block are not a tube for 4 ohm speakers. So If it takes a beefy amp like Roge, then you lose some finesse somewhere. IOW the delicate 300 monos has the finesse that the Rogue lacks. btw why mention... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Trelja, Good answer. Looking at the Thor's crssover designed by Appolito, one can see a simple yet effective design. The thing "just looks right". Its not loaded down with lots of components. Dr Appolito seems to know how to get the most music of ... | |
| Tube amps and speaker ohms Thanks Atmasphere and elevick for clear concise answers. I can finally grasp the issues. I will be dealing mostly with huge orchestral music and though I do not listen to loud vol, never more than 10 oclock on my JOR, still for a 845 tube the load... |