SET the best?

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. 

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

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???

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.

tubes are all sounding the same- they have similar linearity. But the output transformers vary dramatically!

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glad you posted this Which confirms my exp in PP amplifaction with various tubes. EL34 KT88 KT120. I mean they might be dif in sound, but not by any significant margin,, l

ets just say a miniscule nuance..and this applies also to KT150 KT170 Nuance,, but with the wrong speake, all squashed to zero nunaces. I figured all SET tubes are only going to be variations on a SET theme. = nuance dif. Nada mas.

My frends pure cobalt trans, adds something special. But again, out of production and very expensive,, = not doable/practical.

Back to reality.

Z6/Z11. Not bad. So where does this lead us, if we can’t get the real deal Cobalt Dream Trans??? Speakers. Here’s where we can pick up ,,or lets say,, here is where we can elevate the SET amplifiaction to its magical pure linear Powers. Which is why I hammer non stop about the super high value of a FR (= Full MidRange Speaker) assist system. Why assist? WEll as we all know well, SETs tend to roll off both ends the spectrum,, No big deal.. **whaaaaaa???* you demand to know. WEll yes, No big deal. I am not going to explain why its no big deal as I have already explined no less than a dozen X’s around here,,and I want to get back to my music in the other room. btw I may pass on the Beta.s had you said, a pair of Beta 8 in good condition,,yeah I’d take you up, Those go for $2k a pair in excellent condition.. But I kknow the DLVX8 match if not pass up the Coral Beta 8.