"Duke builds panels"
I didn't know that. Bartockfan, you are a wealth of obscure information. :-)
I didn't know that. Bartockfan, you are a wealth of obscure information. :-)
Tube amps and speaker ohms
Boy, oh boy Bartokfan, you are the consummate source of bad information. Duke builds dynamic loudspeakers that are tube friendly. His Stormbringer and Jazz Modules are both 92 db/1w/1m, and have impedance loads between 8 ohms and 12 ohms. Very tube friendly loudspeakers. As a dealer, Duke sells SoundLab speakers, among others. And, what's up with stating Seas drivers utilize copper magnets? Copper is a non-magnetic material. The Seas Hexadym Magnets used in the Excel line and Millenium tweeter use neodymium magnets. A little more research would be appreciated before posting. |
Ok, here goes. +++ Paul then you have a SET amp correct? +++ Currently I have only one SET, and that is a 6C33 based one. +++ Would that be similiar to the 300 tube? +++ No, a tube has little to do with whether an amp is single ended or push pull. The 6C33 is very different to the 300B tube, although both are triodes. +++ Yes. I heard the 300 tube with orch, the load/complexity was overwhelming. Total shut down of the tube. +++ Nothing to do with the tube. You made a bad choice with speakers. In other words, not the tube doing anything wrong, just you not knowing how to use the the tube amp. +++A CJ mono block as well shut down on a ML panel with orch. So obviously orch overload is not limited to SET but can affect just about any tube amp, +++ Yes orch can overload any amp. In the same way I can drive any car into any tree, whether the car is a SUV, truck or coupe. No car made in the US today can drive through trees, so when you try to do that, the car will break. However, it is not the vehicles fault for driving into a tree, it is the driver that cannot operate the vehicle correctly. If you drive the vehicle on the road, it will operate as designed. +++ which in Push/pull config may have to do with the weakness in the trans. +++ No +++ In SET's the weakness in "pulling off" orch may have to do with the characteristic of the 300/845/805 tube family +++ No. I have never ever heard this weakness you talk about. My 300B SET amps aced orchestra. I can induce any of my amps to fail in the manner you describe by seeking out speakers that will cause that. I could also seek out trees to drive into when I drive, but as I rule I prefer not to. Regards Paul |