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| Tube amp for rock? Newb Questions It seems the question is better asked as S"peakers for Rock", because any amp can rock if it is mated to the right speaker. I imagine that some Klipsch speakers will rock with almost any amp, even your Stingray. I think that all that rock bass ene... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds David, I agree with you. What I meant to suggest is that while their may be a consistent sonic siganture in an amp that is more or less revealed with most speakers, it is critical that the amp/speaker match well to allow that amp to sound its best... | |
| Tube amp for rock? Newb Questions The Stingray/Dali combination sound like a very poor one and I suspect both pieces are quite good when matched with appropriate equipment. Atmasphere's explanation states the problem clearly. Tube amps need different types of speakers than SS to w... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds The amplifier/speaker matchup is so important, that I find it almost impossible to evaluate, or make claims about the sound of either component (any amp or speaker) indepently of that system context - one can come to assess either an amp or a spea... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds I'm not sure what to say about your measurement comment. I own a CAT JL2 and and a Pass Labs XA30.5, arguably among the best samples of tube and SS sound, and I'm sure the Pass measures better, no one would pick a the Pass sound over the CAT sound... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds Trelja, well said. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Santacore, that will be a music lovers combo that you should enjoy for a long, long time. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum Jeff, I think there is a lot of Smartbad equipment out there that I have heard over the years, but I won't name names since others may own the equipment and be perfectly happy with it. It is more fun for me to talk about the equipment that has sat... | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum And just to give a little more weight to the assessment, I've been using a CAT JL2, and I believe David had been using a Joule VZN 100 - both outstanding amps, and especially so with the Merlins -- in that company, the Ars is a viable option (with... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds While tube watts do have more apparent ("useable") power than comparable SS because of the clipping distortion characteristics, 40 watts of tube will not be comparable to 200 watts of SS with tough loads and low efficiencies. Although I did hear a... | |
| Build location for tube integrateds I believe the Stingray is 40 Watts in ultralinear (20 in triode). Watts is watts, but tubes clip more gracefully so they sound better than SS when the reach their power limits so tubes seem to have more useful power for the same watts. | |
| Stupidgood: Ars Sonum The Ars remains an outstanding pre/amp when matched with the Merlins and competes very well with well thought of separates. I don't really have any new thoughts, it continues to be an excellent piece and if you stay with Merlins it could be your e... | |
| cat jl3 signatures vs. atmashere ma2III's I get the sense we are talking about two great companies and the choice of one over the other is personal to the listener and the answer on how to choose must be based on audition - we all hear a bit different and have our own priorities on the ty... | |
| cat jl3 signatures vs. atmashere ma2III's Duane were you being serious? Just curious. I totally agree with the "overkill" comments, in my view less power is almost always better than more if it is sufficient for the speaker load and sensitivity and a loudness level you seek. Duke, do you ... | |
| Do Pass X-Series Preamps Match with X or X.5 Amps? Any further thought in the Pass Preamps for use with the XA amps, versus tube pres (I own a Joule LA 150 MKII whci drives low impedance amps well - the Joule amps themselves are a lowish 20 kohm input impedance)? Another way of looking at the ques... |