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| Whats the difference between MOSFET & Class A, AB Read some of Nelson Pass's articles on his website. He's a big fan of MOSFETs running in class A mode and I'm a big fan of his ss designs. Is this some kind of trickle down admiration thing? :-).FWIW, I'm a tube amp lover, especially single ended ... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? Macdadtexas, Excellent thread. I listen mostly in the 65-75 db range. | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Marantz 8b. Love everything about it. | |
| Pass XA30.5 enough power for Wilson Sophia 2? Pass may rate it at 30 wpc (its pure class A rating), but looking at Stereophiles measurements, it puts out 130 watts into 8 ohms and 195 into 4. It's transitioned to A/B but more important, it's not clipping. So on paper you might not think it's ... | |
| SS amp - which one ??? I have/love tube amps also. I use a Red Wine Audio 30.2 amp in the summer months. It's a battery operated Tripath based amp with 30 wpc. 6moons has a nice review of it and I've seen them used around your price range. | |
| pass lab owners: can i afford one? I don't think saying "my electric bill went up xx%" is the best way to put it. If your bill was $20 and AP (After Pass) it's $40 then it went up 100%. If your bill was 200 and AP it's 220, then it only went up 10%. Going with hard facts, my 100.5'... | |
| Decware Zen Taboo Doing the math, your Mini mites should play 6 db louder. Depending how much headroom you had in reserve, you might get away with the Taboo. | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage and Single Ended Triod Daveyf,I haven't used my 300b (Art Audio Symphony II) on the GH's in awhile. Been using either a Pass XA30.5 or Marantz 8b.I hope you can get a nice 300b when you do try the pairing. As Poorguy alluded to, not all 300b's are created equal. | |
| EL84 amp Vs. EL34 amp Based on the amps I own and others I have listened to, I'd describe the 34 as a more midrangy kind of tube and the 84 as having more extension as well as having more speed. It's almost like a 300b/2a3 comparison. | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block Switch all the tubes from one monoblock to the other.That should tell you if it's the amp or a tube then proceed from there. | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage and Single Ended Triod Daveyf,Yes, no doubt those bass transients are going to want some power. I read once that transients can take up to 200 times the rms power to reproduce them. 200 times a 1/10 of a watt = 20 watts, beyond the scope of most 300b SET's. One rms "bel... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage and Single Ended Triod Daveyf,I only used one amp at a time, never biamped. The best one was the Art Audio Symphony II. It puts out 10 wpc, has a great power supply and transformers which all help contribute to the sound. I have not heard any clipping. Food for thought:... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage and Single Ended Triod I own a pair of the GH's and have driven them with a couple 300b SET's. It is not my usual pairing but it works for me because I enjoy low and medium volume levels.I think you should try it, assuming you are not a headbanger. I love the 300b and t... | |
| Good upgrade from Levinson 33H's Short list: Pass XA.5 monoblocks. Get the size you need. | |
| best Marantz tuners? I like the looks/sound of the Marantz tuners also.The top tier would be the 10b,20 and 20b.Next: 125/150. Never heard a 2130 but think it would be here to.You might check out a 120b. It has a large scope and sounds decent. |