roberjerman
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| SST Ampzilla 2000 v2 vs Son of Ampzilla II Apparently there were two versions of the SST Ampzilla. V1 and V2. The latter used the same input stage as the Son mono amps. | |
| SST Ampzilla 2000 v2 vs Son of Ampzilla II GAS offered a transformer for bridging the original Ampzilla and the Son. 600wpc and 240wpc, respectively. Into 8 ohms, of course! | |
| SST Ampzilla 2000 v2 vs Son of Ampzilla II @counterreset : No, Ampzilla 2000 and the Son Mono's are different circuits - like the originals! | |
| My first Tube Amplifier @bdp24 : Ralph Karsten's OTL amps are based upon the Wiggins Circlotron and are inherently well-balanced. But they do have an output impedance of several ohms! Not good because of interaction with a typical speaker's varying impedance! Best used (... | |
| My first Tube Amplifier @bdp24 : The inherent problem with Julius's circuit has been getting the two halves of the output stage to act in balance due to differing gain (one half acting as a cathode follower). And the circuit requires high feedback to have acceptable dist... | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers Music Reference RM200 mkII. Power increases into lower impedances! | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers Roger Modjeski of Music Reference has a conventional PP tube amp with 1 ohm taps that could probably drive the CLX. Worth checking out! | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers Jim Strickland's TNT amp was designed to drive his Acoustat ESL's. I have one in my collection. Certainly as good as a Krell for driving low-impedance speakers! | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers Ralph Karsten of Atmasphere should chime in here. His OTL's are based upon the Wiggins Circlotron and use the still-plentiful 6AS7/6080 output tube. And would probably work well with autoformers and CLX's! | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers Matched sets of output tubes for Futterman amps are no longer available. That's why I save mine for special listening occasions! | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers I have used Futterman H3aa mono OTL tube amps successfully with KLH Nines and Quad 57's. These both have an average impedance close to 16 ohms. The CLX is only about 4 ohms. Any OTL amp will need an autoformer to work well with the CLX. My Futterm... | |
| Denon AVR vs. Martin Logan Electrostats Keep your Denon AVR-X3000 and use the pre-out jacks on it to drive a high-current power amp. There are several Perreaux 2150B's available now on EBay. 200wpc/8ohms, 400wpc/4ohms. Clipping at 300+wpc and 500+wpc, respectively. Can easily drive any ... | |
| SST Ampzilla 2000 v2 vs Son of Ampzilla II @kw6 : That I can't say! Either of these new versions made by SST are sonically competitive with today's expensive amps (no need to mention names here!). | |
| SST Ampzilla 2000 v2 vs Son of Ampzilla II Get the SST Ampzilla 2000. Use the money saved to upgrade your signal source. I own (and prefer the SP6) over the older SP3. New mc cartridge, DAC ... BTW, your SC-IVs with the beige grills look really nice! Don't go back to the black! | |
| SST Ampzilla 2000 v2 vs Son of Ampzilla II The original Ampzilla (1976) was considered the BEST sounding SS amp at the time! That is when I first encountered it! Harry Pearson (TAS) even thought so! He called it "surgically romantic"! James Bongiorno claimed that the improvements to the or... |