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LOL. Ali, never say never, mate, or at least add a "so far" to the end of that statement. I won't ever completely rule out SE until I've heard all there is to hear with it, which will probably be never! You should do the same with P/P KT88s.Quote:
Marco,yes I haven't forgotten! Yes your amp has huge amounts of headroom,and there is no shortage of "balls" but I still prefer se.
Bring all your amps to mine and we'll have a shoot-out and see what happens :)
Marco.
Bought a CD of Hermann Prey singing the Peter Cornelius Weihnachtslieder ( including the famous "Kings" ) , a 1971 recording
The singing is so beautiful and pure that I don't want the amplifier to change anything and make it more musical
I'm not happy with the sound of my own ampolifier on this record but would it be better with valves ? I'm not so sure. I will use it as my reference recording for the next few months.
Have you only heard this recording via your amp? If the answer is yes then using it as a reference may well mislead you. Indeed it's not unusual to setup a system around a few recordings. Feeling confident it's been done well, you then play some other music and you discover that all you've done is to setup your system for a few specific recordings....Quote:
Originally Posted by Togil
Good question Steve! Same reason most of us do I suspect.There's something special about se that pp just doesn't do.
That describes my Chord MOSFET SS amp perfectly. I have gone the other way, from valves to SS but I am open minded and can hear the merits of both technologies. Previous valve amps have been a Croft Series 4S and a fully rebuilt Leak Stereo 20. The latter has a sound to die for, but unfortunately its power envelope is a bit limited.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfarney
The Chord has headroom to spare and allows my system to soar. That's important at the volumes I choose to play at.
Another possible factor in deciding which amp to use.Quote:
That's important at the volumes I choose to play at.
Marco wouldn't be happy with my 4-5 watt SET, because it wouldn't give him the high sound levels he enjoys. However it's good enough for me, most of the time.
Therefore the choice is limited to many push pull amps or a few powerful single ended models.
Hi Al,Quote:
Marco wouldn't be happy with my 4-5 watt SET, because it wouldn't give him the high sound levels he enjoys...
You're absolutely right, but that situation might change with a pair of 100db+ efficiency Bastanis! ;)
Marco.
They went reasonably loud with my 2W 45 amp but now that my 8W 300B is fully fettled, 8W into 100db speakers should work for most people......Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Originally Posted by Clive
it would be very interesting Clive, to hear how your bastanis compare with my goodmans based baffles, there are not that many 100db baffles about..
steve
Well I'll let you know Steve once I've heard both ;)
I know what your babies can do in my room and I'll soon hear what the Bastanis can do in a mate's room I know very well - heard them at Clive's and loved them, though :)
Marco.