Charles,
I have been using 845 tubes for about 13 years and sometimes think its time for a change.Over the last two years I have auditioned many amps in my system and in my price range that have come close to the sound I hear from my deHavilland's but none have surpassed it.
They were all tubed amps from push pull going all the way to direct heated.
The deHavillands were always the standout.Very sorry Kara no longer makes them.The only negative (if one can call this a negative) is in my system I would prefer an amp with an input sensitivity of 900mV to 1.2V
This would allow more flexibility in using the rotary volume control of my preamp which is dialed to #3 on a scale of 1 to10.
The preamp has such a fine tolerance that channel balance is always spot on but Ideally I would like the volume control to be dialed to the 4-6 position
Nitpicking, yes.
Plus the fact that although I have been a music enthusiast for over 50 years I never heard a 2A3 based amp and I think I owe it to myself to do so.
But first I must get a handle on my new listening room.
Going from a 12 x 21to a 18 X 29 room is more of a challenge then I thought iy would be
Enjoy
Ed
I have been using 845 tubes for about 13 years and sometimes think its time for a change.Over the last two years I have auditioned many amps in my system and in my price range that have come close to the sound I hear from my deHavilland's but none have surpassed it.
They were all tubed amps from push pull going all the way to direct heated.
The deHavillands were always the standout.Very sorry Kara no longer makes them.The only negative (if one can call this a negative) is in my system I would prefer an amp with an input sensitivity of 900mV to 1.2V
This would allow more flexibility in using the rotary volume control of my preamp which is dialed to #3 on a scale of 1 to10.
The preamp has such a fine tolerance that channel balance is always spot on but Ideally I would like the volume control to be dialed to the 4-6 position
Nitpicking, yes.
Plus the fact that although I have been a music enthusiast for over 50 years I never heard a 2A3 based amp and I think I owe it to myself to do so.
But first I must get a handle on my new listening room.
Going from a 12 x 21to a 18 X 29 room is more of a challenge then I thought iy would be
Enjoy
Ed