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Tube Monoblocks for heavy music on Khorns

What tube monoblocks would drive Khorns the best for big bass/heavy metal music? I obviously can't go the SET route for the BEST sound. I was thinking about some BIG monoblocks to help the Khorns 15" driver REALLY move. My room is small. I could even experiment with adding a large sub like a Velodyne HGS18 in the future, too. However, price is an issue. Another interesting Idea, what horn speakers can really compete with Khorn for around the same money for reproduction of bass, Etc??
stimbo22
raquel
841 posts
 
Don't forget that if you choose a tube amp with a lot of output tubes or one that is biased in Class A, it will likely heat up a small room. If you can easily control the temperature in the room, there would be no issue.
buconero117
2,311 posts
 
VAS 1 mononblocks, is the way to go. See them on the cayinusa site. I've used them with K-Horns and they are outstanding.
magnumpi205
504 posts
 
Best sound out of the Khorns has been through a Mesa Baron in triode.
tubeking
65 posts
 
I have k-horns and use a JJ integrated parallel single ended 300B amp. The best yet for me, BUT I also have a stereo Jadis Defy 7 at 100 watts with 6 6550's per chanel. On ROCK the Jadis really shines with little loss due to the higher volumes I assume. The tighter bass is noticable with the Jadis butt I still like the single ended sound on most other music.
elevick
2,439 posts
 
No sub should ever be necessary.
I found that my 100 watt threshold amp had tons of bass at any volume.
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