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In Reply to: RE: The best vintage can sound very good indeed posted by fredtr on July 20, 2016 at 16:26:06
An Audible Illusions SS amplifier blew me away until I switched to ESl's that demanded tubes.
Demanded tubes? Or, anything from Nelson Pass. The 800A from 1975 easily handled the poster child for difficult reactive electrostatic loads - the Dayton-Wrights. In the 80s, Nelson used to demo his Stasis series using double Daytons. I used a Stasis 3 from 1981 until quite recently driving a range of Acoustat full range stats.
Tried some current tube amplfiers and ended up vintage.
I've used VTL monoblocks with my Sound Lab U-1PXs now for about fifteen years.
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Thank-you E-Stat I will look into them. I have gone in and out of audio over the years and have missed a lot and appreciate being educated.
One thing that I should have mentioned is that I listen to lowish volume classical all of the time I am working, and I worked too much. Listening fatigue was a big factor in my tube bias.
You described to the letter my listening taste and needs.
You should look into the VTA ST-70. Perhaps the biggest bang for the audio buck in history!!!! Put a set of Gold Lion KT66's in there and your amp buying daze are over. At least that is where I am. I sure like to look. But in the end I don't have that need to keep searching or collecting.
Thank-you airtime for the recommendation. I do the same, role in and out some different amplifiers. Citation II, Quad II, 8b, even UA1's at time, system is bi-amped can get away with less power for the top end.
Did you ever end up in AZ, if so what part? E-mail if you like.
Sure did Fountain hills area
Excellent choice. We're about an hour from you. When we first moved here 35 years ago Fountain Hills looked like a great place to live, just would have been a long commute.
One thing that I should have mentioned is that I listen to lowish volume classical all of the time...
I get that. Nelson's high bias designs resolve down to the noise floor.
Thanks again, found some very good articles on-line about Nelson Pass.
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