SET Shootout China VS The USA

Had hoped to upload YET another video.

Miles Davis Kind of Blue.

DAC has mositure issues, we live 10 ft below sealevel. When the conditions are **right** cool./cold, moisture pouring in from the Gulf, DAC gets cranky, the chips are damp.

I now have a paper bad over the vent holes at top, this will keep heat in the unit and keep chips nice N dry.

So no upload tonight.

Let me say, the 88s did not present Miles Davis like this Yaqin.

For me the KT series does not even exist.

So this year, I’ve dumped 2 component models,, xover/low sens speakers and KT series tubes. (yes will retube the Defy with EHKT88's, museum  piece)

heee hawwww

Not interested any longer in the 845 design.

While you are at it, why don’t you make a video playing Keith Don’t Go or Peel Me a Grape?

Jokes aside, narrating a slow motion train wreck is nerve wracking to witness.

Curious as to why Mr Jadis did not come up with a  300B PP and also a  2A3 PP design???
*IFFF* thats  a big IF, FR  interest ever does get steam going in its train engine,,, you might also see interest begin flowing into lower power PP designs like the 300B and 2A3.

But as we know

1) general interest in all things audiophile are not as strong as they were 10, 20 years ago.

The new commers have all this digital  gadgets and head phones.

2) you can find so many offerings on the used market, which cuts into new sales, thus new designs can't get the funding. 

3) xover speakers just seem to  facinate and dazzle both old and  young audiophiles.

Guess this has to do with the typical american ego trippin on power. 

I'm doing all I can to push the lower power amp agenda ,  as the superior musical soundstage when paired with the right speaker.

Hopefully Mr Jadis is reading my post and  will at least ponder is the company should slow down on  big power amp offerings. And start designing amplifiers that offer finesse and fidelity, such as the 2A3 PP design.

I think china's manufacturers  have the leading edge over EU and USA companies and this trend will continue.

And you know it. 

My amp, and speakers ,  Made In China.

can you believe it. China beat out the worlds best amplifier, Jadis. (Both techs here  , just loved to trash the Defy all the time...) 

A tube made all the difference. 

Thank you Charles! And @mozartfan I have to say I've never heard about overly moist Dac chips until this thread. So thank you for that if nothing else.

Oh My! You’ve had a Chinese made, sub $1,000 push-pull 2a3 amplifier for less than 72 hours and you just proclaimed it what? Better than anything the US or EU can muster? You just don’t know what you are talking about. There is absolutely nothing wrong with not knowing what you are talking about, there absolutely is something wrong with your proclamations. The wet chip syndrome has nasty side effects.