@nonoise Senna was the best. I even remember where I was when I heard about his death in 1994 at San Marino. I was shocked he was larger than life at the time.
I am a Fangio Bot.
SET Shootout China VS The USA
2A3 SET from china arrives any day now.
The tech who loaned me his UX250 (aka 50 Tube) amp, with a 12AU7 in front + a 6BH7 (??) , has incredible pure Cobalt out trans. ($1k+ each back in 2000, now no longer in production). . he will help me set up the 2A3.
Has a AX+AU my 2 fav front tubes anda quad of 2A3's.
My speakers are pure neutrality, no coloration, no distortion,.
So whatever amp/ source you plug in, will register the nuances inherent in the circuit.
Will be very interesting.
USA has pure cobalt out trans which gives the edge in power, but the china 2A3 has a 2 tubes per channel.
Gonna be interesting and will post a YT upload with comments,
AFTER TESTING IS COMPLETEED.
Hand on to your horses at the OK Corral.
Grab a beer at the saloon,
sundown shootout at the edge of town.
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So Mozartfan where have you been the KT170 has been out for a while and the Audio Hungary Qualiton X200 has been shipping with them for a year.
Quite the lovely tube in mu X200.
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WOW , just found out surfing Jadis;' site,., I had no idea other manufacturers were employing this incredible looking tube.
Lucky you.
But again, the tube looks to be something like a bigger KT150, which looks to be a larger KT120, and so on, so forth.
vs a SET tube, each has quite different characteristics in build and performnace.
IMHO there's less nunaces betwix each KT's vs SET tubes voicing.
What I am saying if the speaker running a EL34 amp, and then we place the KT170 on the speaker,,, does the speaker pick up the nuances of each tube??
This is my point.
The speaker has to be sensitive enough to voice the character dif of each KT type,,,in soundstage nuances.
Xover style speakers sound the same no matter which KT tube is in the power slot.
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@jerryg123 , I miss him too. Right now I'm still fuming over the treatment Lewis Hamilton ( a big Senna fan himself) got at the final F1 race. That was a hollow and illegitimate victory for Verstappen and Masi has some explaining to do. All the best, |
My tech is havinga hard time figuring out the yaquin ’s design, is ita SET of PP... , he’s saying stuff I dont understand,,and honestly i don’t think he understands what Yaquin is up to with this circuit. He says **now you have 2 PP amps*** I don’t believe him, The 2A3 tube is NOT a KT tube. I bought the amp for 1) not over 60 lbs, my back lift limit 2) in my budget 3) has my 2 fav pre tubes, AX and AU. we will see. EDIT>>> Just cked the tube data, If indeed this is a PP type circuit,, then I win.. Its likea WIN/WIN amp . Has best of both circuits, Not a pure SET , low wattage, neither big power KT PP circuit. wow, my lucky day AB1PP says, Self Bias , wopping 10 watts per tube x 2 = 20 watts per cahnnel..My tech was say ing before he found out it is PP, last week, *ohh thats a very low watt tube at 3.5 watts, you may find it lacking dynamic punch..*
haha My lucky day.
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