charles1dad
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| Looking for advice on these speakers Hi,I can relate to your revelatory experience. I had two Push pull amps that were switchable between modes.1) 40 watt UL and 20 watt triode.2) 100watt UL and 60 watts triode.In both of these amplifiers I much preferred the triode mode as the sound... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Mapman,You summed it up succinctly and I agree with you. This audio quest is an individual pursuit for certain. Charles, | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Mapman,I'll disagree with you on this point. The example Al cited of dynamic range 45-55db is actually quite rare for the overwhelming# of recordings ( his are very special cases). My 8 watt SET replaced my 100 watt push pull tube amp well over 4 ... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Al,The saving grace is that the "vast" majority of recordings won't approach the 50 db dynamic range. Genre of music, room size and typical listening levels will determine sufficient power needs . classical and jazz seem to have less compression a... | |
| Why not horns? Seikosha,Nicely put! I don't intend to overstate the influence of HP and JGH but they did bring subjective opinion/reviewing to a wide audience of readers. They weren't "all knowing gurus" but I'll give them their due credit. Charles, | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Too be fair Lou doesn't discourage the use of SET amplifiers. He just doesn't advocate them to the same degree of enthusiasm as John Devore and Israel Blume do with models specifically designed for these amps.I agree with Truemaineiac, it's worthw... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers The Daedalus does have specifications that would seem to make them excellently suited for low powered SET amplifiers. They very well may be, the one difference may have to do with crossover design. It appears the Devore and Coincident may employ s... | |
| PS Audio unveils their PS Audio Directstream DAC Ben,Good question you asked. It may sound different but is there genuine sound quality/ music presentation improvement to be gained? | |
| Tube amps demonstrated with totem element series Yes, just listen and trust your ears. Good luck Jakecanada. | |
| Tube amps demonstrated with totem element series I owned the Totem 1 speakers(86 db and 4 ohm load) 17 -18 years ago and had a Symphonic Line SS amplifier and the Audio Prism Debut II el34 40 watt amplifier. Logic would dictate that the S. Line would be the far better choice. With direct compari... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Al, I should have been more specific. Darby also reviewed the Frankenstein in its own separate report and he mentioned the Frank-Super Victory combo listening at this 100db SPL level(written below the Jessica Alba analogy). So yes it was not in th... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Actusreus,I don't listen to very much rock or electric blues music ( I'm probably 90% acoustic small and large scale varieties). When I do play rock it is "very" good at moderate and loud volumes there's much palpable energy, flow and presence. Dr... | |
| Why not horns? Rok2kid,Hello my fellow jazz lover/admirer, we'll have to cheerfully disagree on the "all amps sound the same" issue. It has been covered redundantly and there's nothing new to add and to each their own. By the way I'm listening to Milt Jackson an... | |
| Why not horns? Peter Aczel's "all amplifiers sound the same" attitude is why I'd referenced Stereo Review earlier. Even as a young greenhorn back in the late 1980s I knew that mindset was patently false. This is an obvious area where the subjectivity crowd got i... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Al,Thanks for the further clarification on the Daedalus speakers. 6-8 ohm flat impedance could work out pretty well with a "robust" 300b SET but would probably be a safer bet with a good 845 SET amplifier. Sometimes it is hard to predict an amplif... |