@tooblue - it doesn’t get Texas hot here, so sounds very hopeful.
How hot is hot when moving from class a/b to to a or tubes?
I am considering moving from a class a/b Luxman L509x to a class a or tube amp.
I have never owned a class a or tube amp, so have no experience of living with one. My kids are hopefully old enough and wise enough not to burn themselves, but I do live in an already warm house with bifold doors leading to a south facing garden. There is no escaping the sun, despite having uv treated glass.
My room is roughly 9 meters by 12 open planed living space. Equipment is, Luxman L-509x integrated, Zu union 6 supreme, 99db sensitivity (this is why I am considering a lower powered tube I can barely turn the Luxman up) music is played roughly 6 hours a day, more on weekends
who here has moved from class a/b and d to class a with or without tubes. What were the differences of things like:
warming up time
additional heat to the home
Running in summer time
additional cost to run
any considerations I should make before purchasing something. I will try in my home, but will need to free up funds
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@blisshifi thanks for that. Yeah I don’t feel I am getting what I can from these Zu’s. I will take a look at some of those. It’s close to 9ft away from the amp, so good shout there. |
With your speaker’s efficiency you should take a hard look at Valvet Class A amps. They fly under the radar but get universally outstanding reviews and rarely come up for sale but there’s one available now. I’d highly encourage you to check them out. I’d also mention the Plinius SA103 that is also Class A but includes a very useful low-bias switch that lets the amp run in a much cooler Class A/B mode for less critical listening or if you want to leave the amp on 24/7 so it’s always warmed up and ready to go when you want to do more critical listening in Class A. Hope this helps, and best of luck. |
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