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| SET Shootout China VS The USA @ charles 1 if I follow the crowd,, what will I learn? Thats not already common knowledge?? Who would have ever suggested a SET type PP design?? Never heard sucha thing as a low watt PP circuit. Now my FR hasa good match. I was always... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA credibility. For instance, I have an el34 based amplifier in my closet which would likely change your opinion about absolute tube type superiority. EL34=KT88=KT120=KT150 hardly even a nuance difference. One has more power vs the other is al... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA @jond Yeah well my tech really does not wish to get into any **mods**, He figures let the amp **do its thing**. He last words were (in spite knowing well the trans were Z11), *who knows you might like it..** And I do, I actually give th... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Give me some jazz! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wanted to fulfill your wish with Diana Krall, a perfect track which displays fq spikes on piano, where other xover speakers are going to have issues. vs these FR dual speakers,,no spikes whatsoever. But can... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA What does your tech say? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just ran by what I said here,, &&a 2A3 has superior mids than the KT series tube..** well tech wants to know **exactly which KT are you refering to...** hummm, tell ya what,... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA these “shouty” type sensitive speakers can often be too bright and harsh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can easily understand what you are saying about a SET witha FR/horn speaker that might have some **issues** = such as Fostex with their characte... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA to hear a good quality 300b amplifier and decide for yourself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEll I've learned to take what he says with some ~~conisderations~~~. He has his opinions, but certainly with more experience, He has desined a 300B SET.... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA ^^^+1 Totally agree! I also prefer the 2A3 over a 300B in a pure SET amp.^^^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yet how often do I see 300B and 2A3 mentioned as options offered in a design. AS though they were closely matched in terms of performance. My... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Proclamations are difficult to back up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ True 'I've nor heard every EL34,88,120,150 tube amp ever made. based on a few models,, these tubes **pretty much** all sounded the same.At least to me ears. hardlya nuance diffe... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA I thought I was buying a SET, when in fact turned out to be a PP ,,hahaha, toss of the dice, as no one had any youtube or online review of the amp,,, hahaha, 1st I plan to make about 10-20 YT vids over the comming year. Best bang under $1500... | |
| Best Integrated that you've heard under $5k I doubt any KT 120, 150 PP amp will win out over this Yaquin 2A3 push pull, just arrived today. Beats out my Jadis KT88. | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA OK Yaquin 2A3 is in Gotta say, I prefer this 2A3 tube PP over the El34,KT88,120, 150 series. Over all superior sound. Have not heard Jadis' KT170 which I am sure will give this 2A3 a run for its money. I think this 2A3 under $1500 is best b... | |
| High Fidelity Sound Speaker Crossovers are not superior they are an intrinsic problem in which success is measured by the least damage done. High sensitivity is also, when are other aspects are equal, superior. Issue at hand is what sacrifices must be made to achieve results... | |
| More expensive = better? Hyperbole aside, what about the low end and the high end? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Not HYped . Staright shooting. There are no xover style speakers that will surpass a FR in midr5ange, ] This is common knowledge, If you don't get it by now, I'm s... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA tubes) can sound superb. I heard a Jadis amplifier using the very common el 34 and it was exceedingly good sounding. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wished the Defy had 1) individual Bias pots for each tube 2) accepted EL34’s 3) 4 tubes per chann... |