Hi Mark, the newer version is supposed to present a more "benign" load and sound vs. the older version that was a wilder beast more difficult to "tame".
It also seems that many SF resellers were having trouble selling the G's... Allegedly NOT because the asking price was high for the speakers but, rather, because the price for appropriate electronics went through the roof.
This is hearsay, I haven't actually gauged the differences myself: in a well treated room (dealer's) and driven by the same 250W class A machine, I hate to admit that old & new version G's sounded nearly identical to my ears... whatever.
A note about the sub: our experiments above were conducted WITHOUT the sub (SF's big one). We wanted to solve the driving issue disregarding, as far as we could, the low frequency roll-off (it was -2db @ 45Hz in the room).
In this respect, and as Mr Hiraga's machine is being modded with these speakers in mind (heavy duty caps will move into the PS, I suppose!), there shouldn't be a problem. But you do need a minimum amount of power to get correct sound from the G's, however low the volume. I would assume that the nominal rating required for a good tube could easily be half that of the equivalent ss... Cheers
It also seems that many SF resellers were having trouble selling the G's... Allegedly NOT because the asking price was high for the speakers but, rather, because the price for appropriate electronics went through the roof.
This is hearsay, I haven't actually gauged the differences myself: in a well treated room (dealer's) and driven by the same 250W class A machine, I hate to admit that old & new version G's sounded nearly identical to my ears... whatever.
A note about the sub: our experiments above were conducted WITHOUT the sub (SF's big one). We wanted to solve the driving issue disregarding, as far as we could, the low frequency roll-off (it was -2db @ 45Hz in the room).
In this respect, and as Mr Hiraga's machine is being modded with these speakers in mind (heavy duty caps will move into the PS, I suppose!), there shouldn't be a problem. But you do need a minimum amount of power to get correct sound from the G's, however low the volume. I would assume that the nominal rating required for a good tube could easily be half that of the equivalent ss... Cheers