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Softone 300B SET AMPLIFIER

Looking to venture into SET territory. Does anyone have or tried the Softone 300B amp and willing to offer their opinion on its strengths and weaknesses---or an alternative, similarly priced SET amp-around $1,000. I would like to get a taste with minimum investment before taking a full plunge. Thanks for your feedback.
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lula
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gofishme2....how is the bass response on the Softone?
joegrado
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Hi gofishme2,
please tell us more about the Open Baffle speakers you are using with this amp. I want to build myself a pair too..
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georgehifi
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I had the now deleted Soft tone 2A3 SE Triode amp to play around with, and believe it or not it sounded great at big levels driving these.

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30732&d=1485082531

Cheers George
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kalali
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george, looking at the picture its hard to tell whether or not you're joking. Is this a serious feedback or you're just being funny?
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georgehifi
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or you’re just being funny?


No, just ask Al from DEQX, after he heard it with the Goldmund’s, he bought the Softone off me that day for $1.5k

We played a trick on him when he first walked in we hid the minuscule Softone behind the equipment rack, behind a massive Threshold amp that looked to be the amp he was listening to.

You must understand though, those original Goldmund  Apologue speakers were passive and are a very easy impedance load and around 100db efficiency.

Cheers George
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