@ arro222
Yes I should qualify some of my dogmatic, rigid ideas vented on my above posting, I can agree there are some highly priced *refined*n ss amps, that have gorgeous bass/highs,, and mds,, not bad, not bat at all. But as others have chimed in, tube retification, provided the design is superior and tubes , pre are NOS, power tubes are high quality,,,can over take any ss amp ona $ vs $ comparison.
+ change out the caps in the tube amp to any faborite (mine are Mundorf Silvergold Supreme,,if they fit ,,if not go EVO oil), and now the tube easily over takes the ss priced point matched amp in the mids.
The intergrated i am speaking of is the JOR with the screetchy EI90's, which made voice sound live right in your listening room.
*Concert was on, live*.
all i had to do was add in Tele pre tubes, which i had no idea about then, as i felt too pricey,,I was wrong, and sold it for 1200.
The Jadis Defy is perfectly *neutral* as others have described a tube amp sound vs ss sound which is not
*pure ognaic, natural, life like staging**, ss is ss and forever will be &&Solid State*, yuckky.
Now agree the single ended tubes, i am not a fan of, due to my preferencev for inefficient 4 ohm speakers,
But again, what ss amp can match light jazz /vocals comming froma 300b/805/845 tube amp? Liquid magic. ss amps can never voice ~~ liquid magic~~
aagin to qualify, there are some tube amps that do not live up to the ~~tube magic~~ in the mids.
But tyhen there are no ss amps, that will ever voice ~~tube magic~~.
Look fora new vid upload soon, maybe 2 weeks, as the 6550's Svetlana just arrived and randy is installing electrolytics.
2 weeks, should havea upload.
paul
new orleans
Yes I should qualify some of my dogmatic, rigid ideas vented on my above posting, I can agree there are some highly priced *refined*n ss amps, that have gorgeous bass/highs,, and mds,, not bad, not bat at all. But as others have chimed in, tube retification, provided the design is superior and tubes , pre are NOS, power tubes are high quality,,,can over take any ss amp ona $ vs $ comparison.
+ change out the caps in the tube amp to any faborite (mine are Mundorf Silvergold Supreme,,if they fit ,,if not go EVO oil), and now the tube easily over takes the ss priced point matched amp in the mids.
The intergrated i am speaking of is the JOR with the screetchy EI90's, which made voice sound live right in your listening room.
*Concert was on, live*.
all i had to do was add in Tele pre tubes, which i had no idea about then, as i felt too pricey,,I was wrong, and sold it for 1200.
The Jadis Defy is perfectly *neutral* as others have described a tube amp sound vs ss sound which is not
*pure ognaic, natural, life like staging**, ss is ss and forever will be &&Solid State*, yuckky.
Now agree the single ended tubes, i am not a fan of, due to my preferencev for inefficient 4 ohm speakers,
But again, what ss amp can match light jazz /vocals comming froma 300b/805/845 tube amp? Liquid magic. ss amps can never voice ~~ liquid magic~~
aagin to qualify, there are some tube amps that do not live up to the ~~tube magic~~ in the mids.
But tyhen there are no ss amps, that will ever voice ~~tube magic~~.
Look fora new vid upload soon, maybe 2 weeks, as the 6550's Svetlana just arrived and randy is installing electrolytics.
2 weeks, should havea upload.
paul
new orleans