Knghifi
You are right the M300 sure did have some serious hum problems. 600 watt pure class into 4/ohm is a crazy amount of juice of class a and requires a behemoth power supply.
A few years back they fixed it and offered a retro upgrade and the pair I am fixing to buy were manufactured with the fix in place.
They are big, heavy, plain looking, run hot but I am told have all the power to get the most out of my speakers and have a lot of the tube sound but I am worried will miss the tubes too much but hoping the trade off is that they offer so much more on the other side the trade off is worth it. There is a pair of CJ LP140M tube amps that will cost about the same from a trade deal as the Clayton M300 monos.
Thanks so much for the comments and recommendations.
So what one would you guys choose between these two if you were me with my system and had my situation:
Both retail about the same and trade deal is about the same:
Clayton M300 monos 300watt class a ss
or
C J LP140M monos 140watt tubes
I really appreciate. I have looked into and read everyone's input and would love any more recommendations and feedback I can get. For this is the best place for me to get feedback. I am doing a trade deal far away and there is no chance to hear either in my system so my gut, brain and your feedback is what I am going to roll with. Thanks so much for all thehelp guys / gals !!!
You are right the M300 sure did have some serious hum problems. 600 watt pure class into 4/ohm is a crazy amount of juice of class a and requires a behemoth power supply.
A few years back they fixed it and offered a retro upgrade and the pair I am fixing to buy were manufactured with the fix in place.
They are big, heavy, plain looking, run hot but I am told have all the power to get the most out of my speakers and have a lot of the tube sound but I am worried will miss the tubes too much but hoping the trade off is that they offer so much more on the other side the trade off is worth it. There is a pair of CJ LP140M tube amps that will cost about the same from a trade deal as the Clayton M300 monos.
Thanks so much for the comments and recommendations.
So what one would you guys choose between these two if you were me with my system and had my situation:
Both retail about the same and trade deal is about the same:
Clayton M300 monos 300watt class a ss
or
C J LP140M monos 140watt tubes
I really appreciate. I have looked into and read everyone's input and would love any more recommendations and feedback I can get. For this is the best place for me to get feedback. I am doing a trade deal far away and there is no chance to hear either in my system so my gut, brain and your feedback is what I am going to roll with. Thanks so much for all thehelp guys / gals !!!