charles1dad
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| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Tube rolling can result in sound performance improvements but won't make up for inadequate transformers and power supplies. I believe that this accounts for the big difference between the Dynamo and Dennis Had amplifiers. Brownsfan, does the Dynam... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Brownsfan,Thanks for the clearly described differences of these two amplifiers by the same builder. Definitely "good" vs "stunningly good".Charles, | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? "It's shockingly good for the money"Brownsfan, one might get the impression you like this amplifier, LOL.Would it be fair to call it a Frankenstein jr? Or son of Frankenstein? Charles, | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Hi Whart,That's has and will always be the case. This is why so many choices are available in the "small" community of High End audio. I don't expect consensus on any brand or particular model. I know exactly what Syntax means with his comment but... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Gsm18439(Gary),Yep, Just looking at the number of watts can be misleading. There's certainly more to take into consideration. Amplifier- speaker matching can be very specific.Charles, | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Rebbi,It seems you have a number of very good options and the blessings of your speaker's builder(recommending the ASL 300b SET) as regards to SET/SEP amplifiers. The key take home point is "quality" of the particular amplifier as Brownsfan confIr... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Brownsfan,I appreciate the effort, time and patience it requires to carefully compare three different amplifiers with a speaker and listening to multiple recordings, thank you. My gut feeling for the Dennis Had amp's diminished bass region and sym... | |
| Zu OMEN - hmm Hi Snopro,I think that you summed up well the problem. You, Germanboxers, 213cobra, Gsm and other Zu owners are people who's opinions I've come to respect. I can't believe that you all would put up with a lousy sounding speaker for very long. The ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? George, I appreciate that explanation about R core transformers. I'm going to do some reading and get a basic understanding of the various transformer types. My amplifier builder definitely prefers double C core. Certainly each person would cite t... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Hi George,Thanks for your reply. My SET uses double C-core transformers. I don't know how they compare /contrast to R core types.Regarding your choice of amplifiers, that's what I love about High End audio. There's something available for all of o... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Hello George, 880.00 is an exceptionally low cost for a 300b SET and a total amplifier weight of "19 pounds" is very light. This would suggest that the transformers are quite small and compact. Most high quality 300b amps are considerably heavier ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? John, This is what I mean, these low power amps cover a wide spectrum from poor to sublime performance.Some have said the Had amps lack good quality transformers(I have no personal knowledge to confirm or deny). I sure wouldn't judge SET/SEP amps ... | |
| Is computer audio a bust? Hi Agear,Have the Aries and Lampizator level 7 met or exceeded your lofty expectations? A DHT(EML 45 tube) DAC is very interesting.Congratulations.Charles, | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Rebbi,Brownsfan has three SET amps he's going to audition with your same speaker, that seems very worthwhile for your search.Power ratings can be misleading, quality of design and built can trump mesured specifications sometimes.Line Magnetic is a... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Hi Brownsfan,I was recently wondering how these DeCapo BEs compare to the Coincident Triumph Extreme II, both are highly respected stand monitors.Israel Blume said that despite the lower cost of the Dynamo it has good output transformers. I'm inte... |