Re: Tube amp recommendation

by brabusm Fri May 13, 2011 6:57 pm

Hi KN,

I have been through that journey. Was previously driving my 104db/w with the 300B which I thought was great as it was able to produce an amazing spectrum of full bodied weighty sound... Boy, oh boy, was I blown away when I started to pound it with 55W and 75W SET ...It was simply beyond amazing. The highs were superb, mids lush and bass is from another world in particular the ability to reproduce the pipe organ without having the need for a sub.

Best wishes.

B

WongKN wrote:It is OK if you have not heard it. I ask because someone who have may have different requirements and expectations (compared to yours) with regards to what is expected from using SETs and other type of tubes amps to drive speakers, even supposedly very easy to drive or very efficient (actually they may not be exactly the same as your experience itself shows).

Unfortunately the fact is we are not always fortunate enough to hear every combination in this world, especially those truly high-end ones. However, my two examples are real life ones and in the case of the Tannoy, I myself was shocked at how a pair of supposedly efficient easy to drive speakers came alive with the Krell.

A lot depends on the listener's music preferences as well as listening tolerances. Some people realy don't like to play loud or even near live levels of loudness. Others demands dynamics and power like real live performance. It makes a difference if the music mainly listened to are simple acoustics instrument played softly backing up a single singer verus hard rock or symphonic orchestras etc.

It would be important for the OP to bear all these in mind but I am not putting down any recommendations here at all, ALL of them given so far are good experiences and are quite excellent advices that the OP should keep in mind. I just thought I will help give him a wider perspective.

by WongKK Sat May 14, 2011 5:54 am

brabusm, what 104dB/W speaker are you using? Tannoy? Avantgarde? JBL? There aren't very many speakers that efficient.

by dixchen Sat May 14, 2011 6:16 am

Are there single ended amps out there running a single output tube with 55 and 75W? Shocked

Very interesting...

by brabusm Sat May 14, 2011 7:28 am

dixchen wrote:Are there single ended amps out there running a single output tube with 55 and 75W? Very interesting...

Cary Audio CAD805

by brabusm Sat May 14, 2011 7:30 am

WongKK wrote:brabusm, what 104dB/W speaker are you using? Tannoy? Avantgarde? JBL? There aren't very many speakers that efficient.

Gre-pin, chinese made full range 12" horns.

I have also tried the Carys with the super inefficient Egglestone Andrea II and they sounded wonderful too.

by brabusm Sat May 14, 2011 7:30 am

WongKK wrote:brabusm, what 104dB/W speaker are you using? Tannoy? Avantgarde? JBL? There aren't very many speakers that efficient.

KK, I must come by to listen to your 211FE.

Best wishes.

B

by WongKK Sat May 14, 2011 8:23 am

Brabusm I have never heard of Gre-Pin, so I did a google search of it and guess what comes up as no.1 on Google? A thread on stereonet! And I see you live in North Melbourne! What a small world! I am the owner of stereonet and I live in Camberwell. There is a group of horn afficionado's in Melbourne. We should definitely catch up. I dropped you a PM on SNA.

And BTW I don't have a 211FE ... mine is the 211AE. The difference is that the AE is 110W instead of 150W.

by brabusm Sun May 15, 2011 2:32 pm

WongKK wrote:Brabusm I have never heard of Gre-Pin, so I did a google search of it and guess what comes up as no.1 on Google? A thread on stereonet! And I see you live in North Melbourne! What a small world! I am the owner of stereonet and I live in Camberwell. There is a group of horn afficionado's in Melbourne. We should definitely catch up. I dropped you a PM on SNA.

And BTW I don't have a 211FE ... mine is the 211AE. The difference is that the AE is 110W instead of 150W.

Hi KK,

Would love to catch you but I have been back for a while now as there is no use for my skills down under. May just hop back soon. Let me dig up some links for you.

Best wishes.

B

by moore Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:38 pm

Hi guys.New to the forum.
The guy who said it depends on the speaker,is spot on!
I have a set of Peak Consult Incognito(prototype!),in my 25m2 room and I ended up controling them with a Spark 530N(a few tweeks here and there),and,I have had the XXXXeuros of amps on them!!!
Cabling offcourse big part!
Friendly,
Dino

by shslpg Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:07 pm

Hi sifus,
At the moment, there are only audiospace as 300b mkII, cayin 300b, yaqin 300b, bewitch 300b are up for sale. So, what's the best recommended? And what sort of speakers to pair with them? Beside, i saw audiospace line 1 and kt88 power for sale as well. What do you all think for that?
Thanks!!!

by hasnul Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:35 am

Hi best bet if u can listen a 300b setup with high sensitivity speakers. I paired mine with small bookshelf mounted 3 inch Fostex.

by arremie Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:11 pm

Who's selling Fostex here in Bolehland?

by hasnul Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:34 am

Last time got locally but I heard only those pro audio stuffs only. Not drivers I think.

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