Calling all SET fans

Schubert,
I owned the Almarro 205, in fact sold it here on Audiogon. Nice little amp, but watts aside the Coincident blows it out of the water in every meaningful parameter. How come on Audiogon a poster says he/she wants to spend no more than a thousand bucks and folks start recommending multiple thousand dollar speakers? This happens over and over, pet peeve of mine. Best, Rob

The main improvement of the Dynamo MK II is bigger and better transformers. Israel Blume(Coincident owner/founder) believes transformer quality is a "crucial" factor for tube amplifiers. He feels this MK II is a notable upgrade. Based on my dealings with him, I wouldn't doubt this at all.
I suspect this is a very stout and robust 8 watt amplifier with appropriate speaker matching.

Al, if I'm reading you right it would seem one should go right to a 3-4 K 300B amp or just forget about it ?

best,
Len

Len, no, I was not implying that. My mention of the fact that the Almarro amp and the Dynamo are not SET (Single Ended Triode) amplifiers was to make the point that for them to perform at their sonic best, whatever that best may be, it **might** be LESS necessary to run them at a small fraction of their rated power than in the case of a true SET.

Best regards,
-- Al

Al, then what makes a SET amp sound better that my neat 8 watt Eastern Electric 6BM8 integrated ?