845 Tube vs KT90

Ahh, Warren, you're making it even tougher for me to hold out!! Heheh. How does your BC combo make your Zu 1.5s sound?

Another thing is that I really miss how the SET40 warmed up my room on those cold days!

Funny you should ask. I posted the answer to that question on the 'gon just today. You'll find it. It's "Nirvana at last?" And yes, I can keep my thermostat down a degree or two when listening to my rig..lol..

Tvad the CES would be an excellent opportunity for hearing the 845 , there should be at least several offerings on this amp at the show. But alas, one more yr not financially able.

I do not listen with the JOR's tone controls all the way up, only at 80% open. Basically the tone controls have 2 settings, ON/OFF , as they have very little sensitivity to change on the dial.
You'd have to chat with the local tech guy here in BR for him to explain it to you. He placed the tone 75% open and said thats where he'd listen.
What i'm after is a bigger amp, with more power. But i do not want to lose what the KT90 offers, which is one of the nice reproduction for classical music, to my ears.
Most of the fq's in orchestral instruments, winds/brass, strings are mid heavy, so the 845 may bring out these fq's in a way i like. But like someone mentioned above every 300 tube amp will have some differences. And so every 845 will have lend own character to the tube.. I guess its not so simple to convey what a 845 tube brings to orch music. It has to be experienced in an audition.
seems the CES show is the one place where alot of questions can be answered in hearing the different set ups, set/push pull, high sensitive speakers etc.
Thinking it over the Seas speakers (Thor, Tylers) are not going to be the ideal match for the 845. Its just my intuition. I may have to go with this combo Melody's big pre amp, the one that weighs in at 50 lbs!! and a used Jadis JA 80 monos with KT90's.
And be done with it.
I'm sticking with this game plan.

Bartok, is it ever reliable to convey via language what a tube, component, etc. brings to music? Still, wouldn't you, regardless of what beautiful descriptive language you read describing a tube etc., want to listen yourself? The CES show is your answer. A tough place, sometimes, to hear what is true. I have a good feeling that the 845 tube will deliver your goods. It does for me, at least. good luck and let us know what you discover. warren

Warren I received a PM from a member who also said he loved the 845 magic, just wrote a second Pm and said this of the 845 on orch: "positions each section of the orch , can hear individual instrument solos"..."floating harmonics in space" IOW not restricted/confined. He also mentioned he does not like a bloated thick/heavy midrange again we are giving our opinions so whats great sounding to one, may not be too another. My friend here in BR, a Agon member , has the Vandersteens 3's. He loves what they do, to me they are too thick, I feel fatigue. I guess he feels my Thors are too 'thin/sharp/cold", which to me is my ideal speaker.
transfer this to amps, the 845 may suit some perfectly, and I've yet to find out. Of course we have 845 amps all the way from the Ebay chinese offerinfs at $800 intergrated to the big $12K Cayin mono blocks, also the famous and rare Jadis 845 monos.
In the PM J also mentioned that "orch is the acid test of any amp/system". I agree.
In my current system, the JOR (Jadis's smallest offering) is not bringing out all the potential the Thors hold. And if I get the Tyler W2's in the future I need something that will A) meet the demands of the Seas drivers/bring out the potential B) deliver orch with the separation of each section, fine lines/sharp/details. Which is the character of the KT90. I'm willing to give up some of these qualities to the 845 in exchange for "floating harmincs" "the 845 magic".
I'm not far from Houston, maybe there are audio dealers there with the 845 amp.