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Contrast/compare 50W tube amps

Any one familiar with these amps,or make recommendations on another.To be used with two speaker systems:Gallo 90db/9 ohms and Open Baffle 90db/6 ohms.THE CONTENDERS:
Quicksilver Triode monos(6c33c-b/50W)
DeHavilland GM-70s
Bat VK-75SE
Atma-Spere M-60 MKIIIs
Trancendant "The Beast" (I know they are 175/W)
I like the tube warmth,but need the extemsion/dynamics.Cabling will most likely be Omega Mikro.
Thanks for looking/responding in advance,Tom
tpsonic
bartokfan
664 posts
 
OTL + seas + disaster.
Glad I could see a comment on the EL34's, "lacks top/bottom".
seems i got very lucky with my Jadis OR and her KT90's. seems 90's give best extention in bottom and highs. I've heard several 88 amps, bland.
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
>>I've heard several 88 amps, bland<<

Perhaps they do not match well with your speakers but, for the most part, KT88 tubes and the amps that are based around them, are not "bland". You need to get outside of the Seas box that apparently constrains your thinking.
tpsonic OP
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I listed minimum impedance for each speaker being used.
I mich prefer the 88s,as opposed to either 34s/6550.The Prima Luna(kt-88) I currently use seems to better the AHT/VIVA set-up previously used.
Any Transcendant "The Beast" owners/builder-DIYers??
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atmasphere
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FWIW the M-60 is fine with speakers that are described as above. The amp is not quite *that* load sensitive (as many tend to think it is). Most speakers that have a dip to 4 ohms due to the crossover will work fine. The real issue is efficiency- is 60 watts enough power? But that is moot in this thread.
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