I can't tell if my amp is loafing, and I've used the iPhone meter for years out of curiosity and to test relative channel levels...no idea how many watts my amp is actually using as I don't own whatever gear would tell me that, but it sure seems clean even at uncomfortable levels.
SET the best?
Is SET amplification where we should all end up? I keep reading posts where people tell of their journeys from plenty power to micro power, and how amazing SET amplification is 45 set 211 set 845 set otl, and usually, ....with the right speaker. I have yet to read of anyone who has gone the other direction from SET, to High watt beast class A amps or others.
If your speakers can be driven by minimal wattage, is this the most realistic, natural sound we can achieve? versus say, 86db sensitive speakers and a 1000w amp?
Is the end result solely based on speaker pairing? circuit? tubes?
I am in the process of changing my direction in my search for realistic sound, just because, and wondering if this really is the best direction to be going.
From what I have been reading I think it may be.
What do we get with SET? What do we give up?
What's you favorite color?
If your speakers can be driven by minimal wattage, is this the most realistic, natural sound we can achieve? versus say, 86db sensitive speakers and a 1000w amp?
Is the end result solely based on speaker pairing? circuit? tubes?
I am in the process of changing my direction in my search for realistic sound, just because, and wondering if this really is the best direction to be going.
From what I have been reading I think it may be.
What do we get with SET? What do we give up?
What's you favorite color?
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Thought about it. Then heard the McCormack, sunfire 600 Sig & odyssey kismet amps. There is no substitute for watts & headroom.! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg14jNbBb-8 |
Low sensitive tower speakers + super powerful transistor amp = COMPRESSION!!!!!!! Oppressive, tedious, non-natural sound. Most of audiophiles have zero experience, with high sensitive speakers. The reason is - all high sensitive speakers (excluding Klipsch) are not mainstream today. When I first time (17 year ago) listened Lowther in Oris 150 horns with 2a3 SET monoblocks, I felt like a middle-age knight who saw a tank :-) I understood that anything I heard before where toys (including Montana, Wilson Audio, Martin Logan, Dynaudio, Spendor, Focal,....). |
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