Thanks @aldoallen and @jjss49 for the owner experience advice. The guy i got my M3s from was using an LTA Zotl 10 which he highly recommended and did sound fantastic. Unfortunately, I do not have the budget for it or @atmasphere s equipment. I'll add the Hegels to my search as well. If I go experimental and try the Microzotl w/ Purifi amp combo, does anyone have recommendations on which company is doing good implementations? I was looking at March, Nord, and Appolon.
Spatial M3 Triode Master Preamp/amp choices
I acquired some Spatial M3 Triode Master speakers(95db/16 ohm) a few months ago and would like to upgrade my amp and preamp for the new setup. I am currently utilizing my old
Adcom GFP-555II preamp and NAD 2100 amp.
Listening room is aprx 14 x 16 x 8 ft.
I listen mainly to Spotify and Tidal or vinyl. Rest of system:
- Technics SL 1700 w/ Nagaoka MP110 and Cambidge Audio 640p phono preamp.
- Bluesound Node 2i and Schiit Modi mulitbit dac,
- SVS SB-1000 subwoofer
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linear tube audio is really onto something brilliant with their zotl amps just tremendously clean extended dynamic sound with tube goodness - my spatials are not a crazy hard load but it is 4 ohms and 4x 15 in woofers and the control is outstanding - all this and 3-4-5x normal power tube life... i have their zotl 40 reference, extremely impressed i maybe get a touch more richness from my arc ref 75 amp running kt120's but it is soooo close, more different than better/worse |
@jplunkettj You might want to contact Clayton and ask him what sort of output impedance he expects with amps that drive his speakers. All the installations I've seen have used amps with a fairly high output impedance. While I've heard class D amps sound very smooth and detailed, they tend to have the lowest output impedance of any amps. Clayton's speakers may not be designed for that (as seen by his use of amp with higher output impedance). The way you would design a crossover for a speaker meant for an amp of high output impedance tends to be different for a speaker meant for one with a low output impedance. For more on this topic see: http://www.atma-sphere.com/en/resources-paradigms-in-amplifier-design.html |
I have M3 Triode Masters and have found that these speakers sound better to me with a solid state amp. I settled on a Sugden A21 Se class A integrated and a Croft integrated. For the cost the Croft tube/solid state hybrid is a great match. You can also modify the sound with a tube swap. Both of these amps also sound equally good with my Devore O-93s. |
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