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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?

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hanaleimike
mozartfan
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Klangfilm, Telefunken. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’ve must have posted this YT vid at least 10 x’s here on Audiogon,, why not 1 more. Yes I understand the music is not at all demanding, and recorded with fantastic early 1960’s technology,,however have you ever heard such purity in vocals. The speaker circuit is going full circle,, it will come back to Full Midrange Speaker ye once again, starting in the 1920’s, In china, the FR is ever more popular vs xover/low sens types. 1st up, Coral Beta 10, have you ever heard,,,**FR lack bass**, hahaha well here ya go, have you ever heard such PERFECT bass repsonse in your life?? I have NOT

 

 

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mozartfan
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Post above is refering to this Coral Beta 10, NOTE the amp, ,, 2A3,, haha, can't wait, 

 

 

mozartfan
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Looked 15 minutes for the YT vid showing the 1929 Colatura (sp??) FC in action,  can't loacte it, 

Here is another early production FC in action. 

WOWWWW

Beats any xover design/low sens configure, such as Wilson, Sonus Faber, Dali,  ZU, Tekton etc

 

 

 

 

mozartfan
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Coral Beta, made in japan, one of the very finest Full Range speakers ever designed,,,looks awefully close to the DavidLouis VX8, which I hold as the wolds finest speaker,, at least in my exp.

No doubt the DLVX8  chinese tech paid very close attention to this  Coral Beta 8. 

 

 

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