Heard many tube amps, SS amps,
class A, AB, H
all had a different signature, some had deeper bass, bone crunching midrange, treble,....from ear splitting searing painful molar grinding tripe, to relaxed, accurate treble, which was fatigue free!
The comment all tubes are silimar sounding, is just not true, do your ears hear everything the same?
I remember a looong time ago, hearing many different amps at my (now defunct) shop
mod squad, adcom, Carver, onkyo,
with klipsch, paradigm, b and w, definitive tech, and much more.
I do remember the carver silver 7’s, mod squad, sounding the most natural, relaxed.
The adcom monos were with the klipsch corner horns, it was painful, and I had to leave the room.
I mentioned all this in a previous message.
Came back the following weekend, the silver 7’s were driving the corner horns, night and day diff.
Mod squad stuff similar, but with deeper bass, and more relaxed treble.
Don’t get the tubes all sound same,,,,,.
A dingbat shop by me sells Mac, I demo’d my Sunfire 600(brought in) their Mac I think it was only a receiver in 1 room, then the 600W monos on another room with the Cremona speakers.
Had my lil hey still in stroller, crabby,....started playing the Mac monos through I think was the cremora, or Cremona speakers (sonus Faber). After Floyd’s the wall cd, after the first few songs, mother, blue sky, empty spaces, the lil guy was out, as I nearly was.
Such a mellow, relaxed, detailed sound!
Cd was the music hall CD player.
It put me in a trance.
I have now what still gives me goosebumps, the McCormack amps, McCormack UDP-1 /pio Elite dv-79avi , and speakers which I absolutely love for their warm detailed sound.
Could I have afforded the Mac/sonus pair, yes.
I have done better with what I have now for my ears.
Anyway, tube amps are all different. The Carver tube stuff and older Mac gear is leaps above most anything else!
class A, AB, H
all had a different signature, some had deeper bass, bone crunching midrange, treble,....from ear splitting searing painful molar grinding tripe, to relaxed, accurate treble, which was fatigue free!
The comment all tubes are silimar sounding, is just not true, do your ears hear everything the same?
I remember a looong time ago, hearing many different amps at my (now defunct) shop
mod squad, adcom, Carver, onkyo,
with klipsch, paradigm, b and w, definitive tech, and much more.
I do remember the carver silver 7’s, mod squad, sounding the most natural, relaxed.
The adcom monos were with the klipsch corner horns, it was painful, and I had to leave the room.
I mentioned all this in a previous message.
Came back the following weekend, the silver 7’s were driving the corner horns, night and day diff.
Mod squad stuff similar, but with deeper bass, and more relaxed treble.
Don’t get the tubes all sound same,,,,,.
A dingbat shop by me sells Mac, I demo’d my Sunfire 600(brought in) their Mac I think it was only a receiver in 1 room, then the 600W monos on another room with the Cremona speakers.
Had my lil hey still in stroller, crabby,....started playing the Mac monos through I think was the cremora, or Cremona speakers (sonus Faber). After Floyd’s the wall cd, after the first few songs, mother, blue sky, empty spaces, the lil guy was out, as I nearly was.
Such a mellow, relaxed, detailed sound!
Cd was the music hall CD player.
It put me in a trance.
I have now what still gives me goosebumps, the McCormack amps, McCormack UDP-1 /pio Elite dv-79avi , and speakers which I absolutely love for their warm detailed sound.
Could I have afforded the Mac/sonus pair, yes.
I have done better with what I have now for my ears.
Anyway, tube amps are all different. The Carver tube stuff and older Mac gear is leaps above most anything else!