The Aleph 30 was specifically recommended by Avantgarde. I gather it is one of the best solid state amps for these speakers and works extremely well with my Trios. I also have a Pass X150 that can be a little bright unless the preamp tubes are very mellow. You won't go wrong with the Aleph 30. It is an exceptional amp. Good luck! Chuck |
I bought one of the two Aleph-3's Aventgarde USA used for shows. Jim Smith told me they decided to go with tubes for shows instead. This was 5 years ago or so and is old news. I think it's a good idea to find out what amp a particular speaker is voiced with during speaker production.Its nice to know anyway. I got kind of lucky. I have Thiel 3.5's and recently bought a Threshold S/300 stasis. Come to find out,these were mated together during the speakers fine tuning. It may not be the best como but the two sound very good together with great synergy. |
Target sells an amp that uses the same chip as the ClariT for $30. Add a battery and you are in business. The First Watt is incompatible with the Duos. |
It's a little more complicated than that Herman. If you are skilled with a soldering iron you could build one for cheap. Those of us not willing to burn up the chip before the jobs complete. Leave it to the experts. For example Sean has the skills to do this and I'm sure he will try it in the very near future.LOL The SI would give you an idea of the sound. But it isn't the same with the unecessary parts removed and the SLA battery wired directly to the board. Once the review comes out it will speak for itself. Positive feedbacks one of those publishers that don't bite their tongues if a product sucks. |
Avantgarde also makes a solid state amp. It puts out something like 1.5 watts Class A then switches to Class AB for another 20 watts. Check out the Avantgarde website. BTW, I own a Berning 811 SET/OTL amp. I have the original output tubes from three years ago still making great music. It is very conservatively designed with tube life an important consideration. It is built like a tank, self biasing,lightweight(no huge bulky output transformer), and basically idiot proof(I guess that's why I like it so much). Don't give up on tubes so easily. They have that special magic that transistors just aren't able to match. The hardest part of this hobby is finding the right components for your tastes and desires. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find them. Enjoy listening. |
