charles1dad
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| Tekton Double Impacts Soundermm, Your frustration is understandable and has merit. I believe that the various Tektons sound as good as their owners say they do. However the website needs to be organized and provide specific and thorough description and pertinent specif... | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada Rwanda, The type of music you listen to requires an audio system capable of providing a very organic and realistic presentation. No doubt that this wonderful genre of music sounds devine in your home. West Coast jazz horn players ? Oh yea! 😊Charles | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? The Renaissance series of power amplifiers are a different breed from Phi offerings. I’m very familiar with the Phi 300.1 mono blocks. . In the realm of Pentode tubes in a push pull class AB circuit they are definitely uppermost tier. Very tough t... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I can see where the username of Tekton could raise some suspicion. However the last thing this thread needs is a shill at this juncture given the multitude of positive responses from very happy owners. What could a shill add at this stage of this ... | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? Hi Al,That sounds right to me in terms of the figures you stated. My 8 watt 300b mono blocks SET (class A by default) consume 180 watts per owner manual spec.. The fuses are 3 amps. 120 x 3/2 = 180.Charles | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? It is my understanding that the VAC Phi series of amplifiers are class AB and not pure class A circuits.  They certainly may have a high class A bias.  If I'm mistaken then my apology. Charles | |
| Duelund cast Pio Hybrid Copper/Silver or Rs series with Silver Bypass PIO Zipost, I'd say that if you are committed to this region of top tier capacitors then get the CAST copper rather than the tinned copper version.  As Grannyring wrote,  these are the ones we've both have used with exceptional results. Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hello Bullitt, There’s a used First Watt F3 for sale on this site. However it’s a very simple single ended design(RCA) rather than the balanced you desire. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Teajay, Your suggested SS amplifiers are good recommendations but keep in mind the stated budget. He’ll never find those caliber of amplifiers used anywhere near 1500.00 dollars, thus my suggestions above. First Watt will get him serious quality 2... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Stfoth, I didn’t bother with any tube power amplifier suggestions as it seems clear that there’s only an interest in transistors. The "cold and clinical " character you mentioned (Emotiva) is why I recommended the First Watt amplifiers. Probably a... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I’d seriously consider a used First Watt amplifier as a viable alternative if you’re adamant about only seeking a transistor amplifier. Nelson Pass design pure class A and ultra simple circuit. It has enough power for the Double Impacts. I think t... | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada Rwanda, I have the Coincident Frankenstein MK II SET amplifier and use the EML XLS.  You obviously have superb taste! 😊  It is a fantastic tube and I bet that your system sounds absolutely wonderful. Charles | |
| Duelund cast Pio Hybrid Copper/Silver or Rs series with Silver Bypass PIO Hi Zipost, As I wrote above the Duelund CAST are excellent choices. I also have the Jupiter copper foil capacitors in my Coincident 300b SET amplifier that replaced the Solen capacitors for input coupling . Just as Grannyring wrote, these are exce... | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada Hi rwanda, It seems that at most of the audio shows the Coherent speaker is mated to  the highly regarded Triode Labs 2A3 SET amplifier with apparently stellar results.  What amplifier are you using with these speakers?Charles | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada Rwanda, Congratulations on your new speakers, being this pleased with them at this early juncture is very encouraging. Based on their design and what I’ve been able to read about them they seem to be very well executed. I look forward to further l... |