... instruments just became fuller, more liquid sounding….a bit larger, more dimensional….but in all…..just more lifelike than the solid state
My sentiments exactly with a lot of decent tube amps mated to transparent speakers.
My ProAc Studio 200s are….
So glad to be mated back with a tube amplifier!
Every year through summer due to both the heat on my 2nd floor and for a change….I switch to a solid state amplifier….. this year an Odyssey Khartago plus.
Nice amplifier. Nice overall tonal balance…Nice midrange, great detail without being bright. Clean, well defined highs….but doesn’t have the lifelike sound that tubes have with these speakers. Main issue is that ievery solid state amp I have used (Aragon 4004 II, Parasound HCA-1000) sounds artificial, a bit dry and lifeless.
i know I am not throwing in some high $$$ amps here…..again, it is just summer fun and a few months of change.
inserted my Rogue ST-90 and instruments just became fuller, more liquid sounding….a bit larger, more dimensional….but in all…..just more lifelike than the solid state. Oddly (as an amateur bass player) better bass definition with the Rogue also. The Odyssey has a slightly better initial transient but then is soft and has less of the tone/character of the bass being used. Acoustic guitar (listening again to Buddy Guy - Blues Singer) is so much more lifelike paired with the Rogue than the Odyssey.
The Solid State amps have also made these speakers sound closer to large stand mounted speakers than the rather full range floorstanders that they are.
This is why some playing with audio equipment is fun!
The Odyssey rocked through summer…..and I may switch back and forth a bit through fall.
Every year through summer due to both the heat on my 2nd floor and for a change….I switch to a solid state amplifier….. this year an Odyssey Khartago plus.
Nice amplifier. Nice overall tonal balance…Nice midrange, great detail without being bright. Clean, well defined highs….but doesn’t have the lifelike sound that tubes have with these speakers. Main issue is that ievery solid state amp I have used (Aragon 4004 II, Parasound HCA-1000) sounds artificial, a bit dry and lifeless.
i know I am not throwing in some high $$$ amps here…..again, it is just summer fun and a few months of change.
inserted my Rogue ST-90 and instruments just became fuller, more liquid sounding….a bit larger, more dimensional….but in all…..just more lifelike than the solid state. Oddly (as an amateur bass player) better bass definition with the Rogue also. The Odyssey has a slightly better initial transient but then is soft and has less of the tone/character of the bass being used. Acoustic guitar (listening again to Buddy Guy - Blues Singer) is so much more lifelike paired with the Rogue than the Odyssey.
The Solid State amps have also made these speakers sound closer to large stand mounted speakers than the rather full range floorstanders that they are.
This is why some playing with audio equipment is fun!
The Odyssey rocked through summer…..and I may switch back and forth a bit through fall.
- ...
- 10 posts total
- 10 posts total