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SET sound without a lot of money

Any experience or opinions on the Almarros, Music Ref RM10 mkii, or the Joule Electra Stargate amplifires? Looking for a good SET experience without overly-colored sound or congestion, while pushing enough current to excercise existing 91db speakers at low to moderate volume. I would like to swap one of these occassionally into my system without having to rebuild (re-buy)a whole new system to accomodate a tradional low-watt 2A3, 45, or 300b amp.
erfranke
armstrod
610 posts
 
If you're talking about the Almarro A205A, like the RM-10 it's not an SET amp. It's actually a single ended pentode:

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/almarro4/mk2.html

Sounds great, though; I owned one for a couple of years.

The Almarro 318 is indeed an SET.

David
inna
7,296 posts
 
Obviously, I didn't mean building one by oneself.
bigshutterbug
381 posts
 
Listen to an Almarro 318B or an Audion Sterling Integrated. Both put out about 18 w.p.c., sound excellent, and are well under $2,000 on the used market. Match them with moderately efficient speakers, sit back, and let the music flow!
defride
89 posts
 
I heard Almarro mono's driving Marten Miles 3 in a small room, very musical and easy to listen too in a small room. Pre's were VTL and front end CEC transport into AMR dac. Well worth investigating the brand from my limted experience.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Speaking of B.S Inna,the query was SET sound not just set per-se.
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