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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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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. 

 

 

alexberger
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One of the first versions of Altec 604 from 40x.

 

mozartfan
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What I doubt you will see is a DavidLouis VX8 Mark2.

Not gonna happen.

When I see a  manufacturer with Mark 2, Mark3 new upgrade versions... begins doubts.

Fostex is famous for multiple offerings.

Many of Voxativ's models just don't make any sense at all.

AER has Model A, B , C. each with 2 versions..

To me thats all confusing.

The only Full Midrange that seems to make sense is the DavidLouis, 

1 model, 2 sizes.. 

Choose W6 or W8.

 

Even Tang Band can't seem to get it together. Dozens of  models. 

Why???

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atmasphere
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I was refering to general charachertistics f the 845,

. I’ve read good things about the 2A3,, then here we read the 845 is simply gorgeous. Another comment likes the 300 as driver stage tube,whereas my tech says avoid 300B in any part of the design. He has no sympathy for the 300B, and yet some big manufactuers employ the 300 as driver tube. I guess as with all amp designs everyone will have his particular preferences.

@mozartfan You’re making my point. Its not the tubes, its the transformers. IMO the tubes are all sounding the same- they have similar linearity. But the output transformers vary dramatically!

I have a set of Coral Betas you can have for the cost of shipping. One of the drivers has a damaged voice coil. These are the drivers in Coral cabinets with the passive radiators.

 

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