Heat is my only complaint.( My listening room is only 10x10)
I have a Will Vincent rebuilt dynaco st70 currently in my system. My system consists of quad 11L mini monitors, classe dr6 preamp, sansui tu516 tuner, and denon cd/sacd player.
After buying the st70,I was very surprised at how wide,deep, andwarm sounding my system became after switching from a solid state marantz 2265b reciever.
I decided to try some different tubes in the dynaco and switched out the el34's for a set of gold lion kt66 repops.
Unreal difference!! This dynaco is very detailed now with a fuller sound and is no longer rolled off on the upper end like it was with el 34's.
I wanted to try a "quality ss amp to see if I could get the same results as the kt66 tubed dynaco and dropped the money on a mint bryston 3b st....... while the bryston drives the mini monitors with tighter bass and more authority, it has a much thinner soundstage depth and does not sound nearly as good as the dynaco especially at lower volume levels.
Tubes sound better to me, and the only downside is heat, and ocassional tube replacement.
Now if I would just step up to the pump and buy a really nice tube amp like a cary........
I have a Will Vincent rebuilt dynaco st70 currently in my system. My system consists of quad 11L mini monitors, classe dr6 preamp, sansui tu516 tuner, and denon cd/sacd player.
After buying the st70,I was very surprised at how wide,deep, andwarm sounding my system became after switching from a solid state marantz 2265b reciever.
I decided to try some different tubes in the dynaco and switched out the el34's for a set of gold lion kt66 repops.
Unreal difference!! This dynaco is very detailed now with a fuller sound and is no longer rolled off on the upper end like it was with el 34's.
I wanted to try a "quality ss amp to see if I could get the same results as the kt66 tubed dynaco and dropped the money on a mint bryston 3b st....... while the bryston drives the mini monitors with tighter bass and more authority, it has a much thinner soundstage depth and does not sound nearly as good as the dynaco especially at lower volume levels.
Tubes sound better to me, and the only downside is heat, and ocassional tube replacement.
Now if I would just step up to the pump and buy a really nice tube amp like a cary........