Tekton Double Impacts

Hey David, I would absolutely be up for a parallel 2A3, or the same using 300B's if you're seeking the sweet mid-range of a true SET. A very competent design could be built using relatively standard parts that won't break the bank as well. A big part of the synergy of the sound produced simply relies on good synergy between components. I can also design around the 211 or 845's (I'm working on a very high end build now for a client around those tubes). Feel free to message me anytime with any ideas you have and I would be happy to work with you on a build! Best wishes, Aric

Tom, Thanks for making that recommendation as well- it's greatly appreciated! I believe the larger Pentodes used in Triode-mode can really get you 90% of the way to the signature SET sound while getting you greater power and control over the drivers. I'm glad you're digging the Transcend 120/88 amplifier! Best, Aric

David my friend, what am I missing here?

That our general reaction, the number of reactions to the post, some of the tone used, the 'defensiveness' of some of the posts, some may even say the 'aggressiveness' of some of the responses....

....don't encourage participation or openness, especially when they are contrary to or in opposition of.... 

....irrespective of what he said or wanted to communicate or imply.

As I mentioned in my former post, this is less about the post itself, but the consequences and impact of our choices in response to it.

@aricaudio - "A big part of the synergy of the sound produced simply relies on good synergy between components."  Amen. +1

Aric, you are really starting to win me over. Specific tubes have a general sound but it's really about a synergy design/build and not the tube.

David:

In concept I completely agree. But when opinions are presented based on one criteria (cost) with no actual personal experience...

And even when questioned, then continues the same rhetoric with no real argument (again, other than cost because it is the only criteria they know), I believe it is different than what you have in mind.

Open discussion such as someone not liking the speaker after listening to it is very valuable and worthy of discussion. Sadly, I have seen people get jumped on ANY time a negative comment is made, and I don’t agree with that either, but when a person has a belief that is close minded (ok with me) and just keeps parroting the same stuff regardless of people trying to engage, then I lose patience with it. I guess maybe I should just stay out of it, but as much as I love to understand different perspectives and how those perspectives were built, there has to be an actual engagement in ideology. not just hashing the same thing back again and again.

They must be better because they cost more as a recurring defense is not openness and engagement, and I am sorry if I offend anyone... it is not meant to.

If manufacturers fairly listened to competitors products and priced their own products based on how much better or worse than competitors, I guess that would be a start, but "better" has many criteria and each is subjective. And in no parallel universe is pricing done that way.

It is done based on cost of materials (and more costly materials are not always the best), company overhead, labor, desired profit, and quite frankly how much the market will bear based on the perception of the product. It is not unusual at all to find some more expensive products not being as good as less expensive competition. At the same time, sometimes the more expensive product IS the best. But to use only the price without even having heard it, does not promote any sort of credibility. To keep defending it with no more data than before is a waste of everyones time, not a suffocation of open discussion.

JMO, and sorry if I have offended. It is just how I feel.