Chinese 300b

[Ali Tait]

I wonder what the impedance curve looks like around bass frequencies?

[southall-1998]

I'd love to hear a good 300B amp someday!!

[walpurgis]

I used Klipsch KG3.5 speakers at the time

How did you find the Klipsch speakers. I remember not being too impressed with the smaller Klipsches I've heard. The Klipschorn is another ball game entirely.

[Gazjam]

Hi Gary
Can you tell me which Dared it was? current integrated is MP-30B and the mono-blocks are VP-300B, I think !

It was the VP 300B, quasi monoblock 300b Set amp.
Had it on demo, price was £499 I think.

Info and review here
http://www.audioreview.com/cat/ampli...8_2717crx.aspx

[Ali Tait]

Trouble is, to really hear an amp like this at it's full potential, you need top quality output trannies, which cost as much or more than the retail price of that Dared. IMHO.

[walpurgis]

I dunno about the Chinese 300B amps, but some of the 2A3 jobbies look interesting and sensibly priced.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bowei-2A3C...item3a7c69c168

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAPHAELITE...item53e86e0551

I have the 6V6 baby brother to the Raphaelite amp and it sounds amazing!

[Ali Tait]

2a3 is a really nice valve.

[Haselsh1]

How did you find the Klipsch speakers. I remember not being too impressed with the smaller Klipsches I've heard. The Klipschorn is another ball game entirely.

The Klipsch loudspeakers were OK but nothing stunning. They matched the 300B SET very well and had a nice dynamic to them but were a bit rough around the edges. I remember hearing 'Dear John' by Eddie Reader and thinking that this was probably the best I would ever hear that track, I was correct in that thought. To this date I have never heard it sound better even taking into account Croft pre/powers.

[Haselsh1]

Don't forget that the KG3.5's were not at all 'small' Klipsch's, they were in fact floorstanders.

[walpurgis]

Don't forget that the KG3.5's were not at all 'small' Klipsch's, they were in fact floorstanders.

I've not heard the KG3.5. Horn tweeters & mids are tricky to integrate into a system without running into time delay/phasing problems. Klipsch seem to do better than some (so do Triangle).