charles1dad
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| Tekton Double Impacts Hi jcarcopo,What you’ve written makes perfect sense. Amplifiers would be under less stress driving an easier speaker load. So the sense of "loafing" is logical. Limiting the number of output tubes to only 1 per channel ’should’ result in increased... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi jcarcopo,Wow! That's interesting the Allnic allows you the ability to use only 1 tube per channel. Given your listening impressions it seems you are not losing much at all (If I'm reading you correctly). I have been using the EML XLS in my amp... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts 2psyop,I have a friend who had the double Impacts and then got the SEs (Same sensitivity and speaker load impedance). I drove his speakers with my 8 watt 300b SET Coincident Frankenstein mono blocks with ease. He has a moderate size room and the m... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I agree with the rationale of jcarcopo. The Line Magnetic 216ia isn’t a SET amplifier. It’s a class AB push pull with KT 88 output tubes. It can be switched between Ultralinear and Triode mode but topology remains push pull. Nonetheless I believe ... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? What was a really enjoyable, interesting and insightful thread has taken a different turn with the latest posts. I hope that this thread restores/retains the original good vibes and camaraderie. I just believe what people decide to spend is their ... | |
| Yamamoto YDA-01 DAC devilboy,I know precisely what you mean. The Yamamoto DAC has the same affect in my system as when I got my 300b SET amplifier. Immediately it was apparent that the music listening became more natural, realistic and undeniably more emotionally in... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? shkong, One thing is abundantly clear, you know what type sound you like. I believe that you will eventually have your Western Electric vintage horn system. I don’t think you’re going to settle for less. Your Line Magnetic 805 output tubes SET is ... | |
| Yamamoto YDA-01 DAC devilboy,Off the top of my head I don’t remember and I’m not at home now. I ’think’ a short length 3 amp slow blow. There should be a spare fuse at the IEC site on the rear of the DAC. It has been a number of years ago when I installed a SR black ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Hi cal,However you made a valid point. Negative feedback (NFB) level manipulation does affect these amplifier parameters.1 Gain output decreases as NFB is increased..2 Output impedance decreases as NFB increases.3 Damping Factor increases as NFB i... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Avant-Garde speakers are very interesting. Some listeners/owners find them to sound stunningly good. Then there are those who can’t tolerate their overt (in their opinion of course) coloration. It’s always YMMV with High End Audio.Charles | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Ralph,Thanks for that explanation, it makes sense,and explains (to some extent anyway) what/why I heard differently between my SET (class A triode 300b) and my 100 watt push pull( class A/B pentode tubed 6550) amplifiers. Some degree of 5th harm... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I would agree that although DF is a factor that needs consideration there are additional variables involved that also influence amplifier and Nenuphar compatibility. People are expressing happiness with the Bakoon 13R driving the Nenuphar so somet... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Robert,Yes,Now I wonder exactly which Bakoon amplifier jtgofish was referring to in his response to Duke on the damping factor thread. It sure seems as though there is variance amongst the Bakoon amplifier models. There’s the possibility that a nu... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? atma-sphere,I understand that 3rd order harmonic distortion amplifiers generally have less overall distortion. But, is 3rd order harmonic distortion as easily/naturally tolerated by the human ear as is 2nd order harmonic distortion which is quite ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Hi David,Thanks for providing the 2 posts. Duke hit the nail directly on the head. When I switched from a very good push pull 100 watt tube amplifier to an 8 watt SET nearly 11 years ago this was my experience. Just as Duke describes, more musical... |