Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory

I'll add to what Charles1dad said regarding the Cary's: Don't judge a 300b by it. I love/have their 845/211 based 805 AE's but their 300b SE monos just weren't for me (had them/sold them). I don't know if it's because they run it so near the max's but I did not hear the sweetness I hear from my Art Audio Symphony II or my very favorite custom 300b amp.

FWIW, the "right" 300b amp is at the top of my favorites list, mated to the right speakers of course. I have Maggie 3.6's in another system and bought the Cary 805 AE's to see if I could get away with using a single ended amp on them and it's working for me. This amp uses a 300b to drive the 845 or 211 choice of output tube. Even though it's an 845/211 amp, rolling different 300b's in them gives me some different flavors I enjoy. If you find you need a more powerful amp, these might do it for you. Older ones might be in your price range. Try and go for one with a 300b driver if you can.

Hi Al,
I would suggest getting in touch with Israel at Coincident regarding the Dragons. They are in the final developement phase of the MK II version, an over built version of the current version.
In talking to Israel, he said that these new Dragons will have a 50 percent larger power supply among other major upgrades. It is larger and the weight per monoblock will go to over 80 lbs from the current 65 and runs much cooler. As a Frankenstein owner of close to three years he enlightening for me to hear it.

Regards,

We have a set of Total Victories- they are an easy load but you really need some power to really make them sing (IMO). 60 watts is plenty.

Greg, Mike, Montejay, thanks very much! Excellent info, particularly that a Dragon Mark II is in the works, as I wasn't intending to purchase immediately. Hopefully the price won't increase commensurately with the weight :-)

Best regards,
-- Al

It's nice to hear the there will be Dragon Mk2. I had a friend's Dragon in my system and although I was impressed with the sound, the build quality left a lot to be desired when compared to other amps in the same price range.

I auditioned the TV2 against the Total Eclipse 2 using a KT88 PP amp, a 300B DHT, a 300B parallel PP, and an 845 DHT with 300B driver. In each instance, the TV2 benefited from the extra power when compared to the TE2. Although the TV2 has impressive specifications which would lead one to believe that 8w should be enough, the 9 driver configuration needed more power to get it jumping. I ended up purchasing the Total Eclipse speakers because of their versatility with respect to suitable amplifiers, plus they sounded awesome.