SET Amps and Maggies

The Art Audio Jota with the high power option 52BX tube is 30WPC not 50WPC.

Check it out here:

http://www.artaudio.com/jota.html

Not a match. If you want your maggies to sing with tubes it is going to cost a small fortune for Walcotts or even old Melos tube amps. I suggest you try a good SS amp and a tube preamp. If you want something good and very inexpensive try a luxman R117 receiver (if you can find one).

11-14-06: 55dok
Not a match. If you want your maggies to sing with tubes it is going to cost a small fortune for Walcotts

There is a pair of Wolcotts listed for $6500. Is this considered a small fortune? It seems somewhat reasonable to me in the big picture of tube monos that can drive Maggies, especially considering the flexibility of the amps with features like variable damping.

Your original question had to do with SET amplification. SET amplification, like the Maggie sound, is very addictive. I get the chills imagining the two together. You can see from the posts that Maggies and SET are just not going to happen; at least at a volume you'll be comfortable with. Remember Wolcotts are not SET. This is what you originally asked. Not what tubes go great with Maggies, right? I used to own Maggies and they need oodles of killer watts and space too bloom. Wow, if there were 200 wpc SET. The Maggies wouldn't be the only speakers singing a sweet tune...warren

I own AES six pacs...are there any tubes that would get me closer to the SET sound? which assume is more palpable, lush, organic etc.