Wow. Cool. I did not know about this amp.
COINCIDENT FRANKENSTEIN 300B STEREO
Just purchased one of these beasts from Israel of Coincident (quite the gentleman).
I already have a few SET amps that buck the trend of little bass and dynamics that often get associated with S.E.T. amps.
The Frankie is a top notch power amplifier. Not a good value. Not a giant killer. A true, top quality power amplifier period.
I swapped out the stock tubes and what happened next shocked me. Of course the midrange is gorgeous, But I did not expect the highs to sparkle and the bass to have definition, texture, and punch. Sorry, I intended to say PUNCH.
As always, speaker matching is a key and a stable 6 Ohm speaker will sound best - but these babies are the real deal.
BTW, they retail at around $2,500.
Disclaimer - I am not a Coincident dealer and have no affiliation with Coincident. I am a NOS tube dealer.
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I'm curious about this amp and if it would be suitable for my 4-ohm Tektons. I will give Israel a call to find out some specifics, but any experience or thoughts here would be appreciated as well. In looking at the website now the price is excluding the 300B's. Were some 300B's actually included a couple of months ago?
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A few years ago a friend had the Tekton Double Impacts and asked if I could bring my Frankenstein mono blocks over. I was happy to do so. The 8 watt SET drove his Double Impacts exceptionally well. No issues or strain/stress at all. His listening space is roughly 15x18 feet with 8 ft ceiling. My Frankensteins lack a 4 ohm speaker tap. I have the early edition of this MK II (2009) amplifier which has 8 and 16 ohm taps. Newer models have 4 and 8 ohm taps. We used my 8 ohm tabs. So could potentially be even better matching with a 4 ohm tap.
These speakers are an easy load. Charles |
I think you can’t compare stereo and mono Frankensteins. The maximal power is not the only important thing. Is even much more important that stereo and mono have different driver tubes and power supplies. I don’t have Frankenstein amplifier but I have my DIY 300B amplifier that I did dozens changes and tweaks. I can say, for example, changing powers supply capacitors value, type or model can make more impact on sound than changing of output transformers. Or increasing current of driver tube can change sound dramatically. The amplifier with weaker driver, smaller and sheared between two channels power supply can’t sound similar to monoblocs. |
That’s why I acknowledged that I don’t know how close the two Frankenstein models are. I do know that Israel Blume won’t present a new product to market if he does not think it is worthy. My suspicion is that it may not equal the mono block s exactly 100% (As is often the case between stereo and mono blocks) but knowing him , it will be very good. @paul_lindemann is very pleased with his stereo Frankenstein. Charles |
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