@mclinnguy Generally you're going to only see positive reviews of all the boutique 300B tubes, and this over many reviews and many years. I'm still in process of evaluating WE's, to be completely transparent recently experienced failure of one of my new WE's, have replacement in hand, we'll see. As for sound quality vs Acme too early to say, WE warmer in mids, slightly less extended and open on top. Completely satisfied with Acme's over a couple years, aprox. 700 hours, simple curiosity and great sale price at Upscale ($1100) over holidays led to WE purchase.
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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@sns Thanks. Interesting, I see you just posted in this recent thread yet, but that yields some evidence that there are (possibly) just as many WE failures as Takatsuki’s. May be an amp issue- we'll see. Emission Labs along with WE also have a 5 year warranty. |
I own the COINCIDENT FRANKENSTEIN 300B STEREO as well as the Coincident Frankenstein 300B Mk IV, Monoblocks, they both sound excellent providing you choose the tubes wisely. Also I believe your preamp could have quite a bit of effect on what you hear. I use a tube preamp and once again the tube select will be important. |
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