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| Build location for tube integrateds I'm not sure what to say about your measurement comment. I own a CAT JL2 and and a Pass Labs XA30.5, arguably among the best samples of tube and SS sound, and I'm sure the Pass measures better, no one would pick a the Pass sound over the CAT sound... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds Trelja, well said. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Santacore, that will be a music lovers combo that you should enjoy for a long, long time. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Jeff, I think there is a lot of Smartbad equipment out there that I have heard over the years, but I won't name names since others may own the equipment and be perfectly happy with it. It is more fun for me to talk about the equipment that has sat... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum And just to give a little more weight to the assessment, I've been using a CAT JL2, and I believe David had been using a Joule VZN 100 - both outstanding amps, and especially so with the Merlins -- in that company, the Ars is a viable option (with... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds While tube watts do have more apparent ("useable") power than comparable SS because of the clipping distortion characteristics, 40 watts of tube will not be comparable to 200 watts of SS with tough loads and low efficiencies. Although I did hear a... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds I believe the Stingray is 40 Watts in ultralinear (20 in triode). Watts is watts, but tubes clip more gracefully so they sound better than SS when the reach their power limits so tubes seem to have more useful power for the same watts. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum The Ars remains an outstanding pre/amp when matched with the Merlins and competes very well with well thought of separates. I don't really have any new thoughts, it continues to be an excellent piece and if you stay with Merlins it could be your e... | |
| cat jl3 signatures vs. atmashere ma2III's I get the sense we are talking about two great companies and the choice of one over the other is personal to the listener and the answer on how to choose must be based on audition - we all hear a bit different and have our own priorities on the ty... | |
| cat jl3 signatures vs. atmashere ma2III's Duane were you being serious? Just curious. I totally agree with the "overkill" comments, in my view less power is almost always better than more if it is sufficient for the speaker load and sensitivity and a loudness level you seek. Duke, do you ... | |
| Do Pass X-Series Preamps Match with X or X.5 Amps? Any further thought in the Pass Preamps for use with the XA amps, versus tube pres (I own a Joule LA 150 MKII whci drives low impedance amps well - the Joule amps themselves are a lowish 20 kohm input impedance)? Another way of looking at the ques... | |
| Better than a CAT? Given an easy load with reasonable sensitivity, I think the JL3 would be overkill, it certainly would be with the Merlins. My view is that less power is always better if it is enough power to drive your speakers, almost always. I think it takes a ... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins If you are committed to Merlin speakers I would hold off till you can get the Ars Sonum. If you think you might try different speakers in the near future, the Ars may be limiting in your speaker choices. But if you stick with Merlin, you will not ... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins Santacore, I had the Quicksilver V4s and liked them very much, but it was not as good as the CAT (not much is), but I could certaily live happily with them if the CAT was out of reach, there are many very happy QS owners. I do wonder how his Triod... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins That's the thing, on some speakers the Moscodes are fantastic. I suspect that no SS will sound as good as CAT, Joule, Atma, and perhaps Berning (VAC, and a few other grat tube amps) with the Merlins, but I would like to have an SS amp that is comp... |