charles1dad
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| low power tube amp Hi Al,Agree with your assessment. Given that this is a KT 88 amp there may be some judicious use of NFB (lowering the output impedance) which "may" be beneficial along with a 4 ohm tap. An audition if possible will settle his case. If unable to au... | |
| low power tube amp Hi Cymbop.Quality can be had for reasonable cost as your amplifier demonstrates. It couldn’t handle your speakers if it lacked good solid design and parts. High quality parts don’t always have to imply expensive. For me the true test of quality is... | |
| low power tube amp Klee123, A minor correction the KT 88 is a tetrode/pentode not a DHT (directly heated triode) so it would be a (SEP) single ended pentode )rather than a SET (single ended triode. Regardless, if it is of good design, built and implementation it wi... | |
| low power tube amp Cymbop,Your 38 watt amplifier is able to do what it does no doubt based on high quality power supply design and transformers. Another (lesser quality) 38 watt amplifier could fail miserably with these same speakers. As you said, hook them up and j... | |
| low power tube amp Hi klee123, The potential problem would be driving the lower power amplifier into the range of clipping which could damage the tweeter. So it depends on how loud you listen and how hard you’re pushing amplifier. Jperry raises pertinent questions, ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Wig, Tone and timbre are what I was seeking with my foray into the SET genre. Transparency, resolution and superior nuance were beyond my expectation. There are definitely similarities with our audio system development/ evolution. Charles | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Bill,I agree with what you’ve written and certainly appreciate your rationale for owning both a tube and solid state amplifiers. Some people own multiple systems for the thrill of different presentations with a diverse collection of components and... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Exactly !On interesting forum discussions such as this we as individuals can only contribute the results of our various listening experiences. I admittedly tend to happily share my perspective regarding tube and especially SET amplifiers based on ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Mapman,I don't know how I could have made that point any more clear. This whole endeavor is subjective. you listen and either you like it or you want something different in some particular manner . My choice of 8 watt amp is no more or less subjec... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Wig,It looks like your amplifier progression was VAC 160i, Vitus RI 100, LM 508ia. Not a dog in that group.Charles | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo An OTL would surely welcome a nice easy to drive 12 ohm load, this makes perfect sense. The Triode Corp and Line Magnetic SET amps do very well with the Cresendo's 6 ohm flat load. Both of these have terrific quality output transformers and serio... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Wig,Your’re a pure example of what I was describing in my earlier post today regarding higher power amplifiers. Their potential advantages are a matter of sonic priorities of an individual listener. The very highly regarded Vitus with 400 watts an... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Bill,The price of the LM 508ia in the 5000 to 5500.00 USD range. 18,00.00 is incorrect. Charles | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Bill,I get your point regarding the Triode Corp TRX 845 PSET mono blocks, they are huge and heavy as well as expensive (which is relative). The Triode/Cresendo pairing sounds better than so many amplifier/speaker combinations at the shows that ar... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Bill,The 48 watt LM 508ia is less expensive than the 22 watt LM 219iaThe 508ia could possibly be a better match with the Cresendo given the increased power. My suspicion is both of these LM amplifiers would sound exceptionally good. Charles |