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In Reply to: RE: Who thinks SS systems are generally more "truthful" than SET systems posted by drlowmu on March 30, 2015 at 14:18:30
While I would agree that they are not absolutely truthful to the input, as far as human listening goes they are RELATIVELY more truthful than nearly all SS amps in my experience. I say nearly because I have yet to hear the First Watt SIT amps or the new Pass XA30.8 that Jack Roberts (A SET fanatic of a reviewer) raves about now.
As ever, the scope says one thing and the ears tell a different story most of the time.
Of course most SETs do some unfavorable things like using inappropriate output transformers or constrictive power supplies that hamper their realism but the best ones are relatively closer to what I hear live and when I make my own recordings.
SS amps only begin to approach this realism and push pull tube amps seem to fall short on overall coherence although again the best ones seem far more realistic to me than any of the SS amps I have heard.
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A friend brought over a SIT amp and tried it against my PSE 4P1L amp, and damn it was good. Best solid state amp I've ever heard. Massive heatsinks, all class A single ended.
they are great, but 10W isn't enough for most speakers. which he did a P-SIT version.
I would think it is definitely worth a listen to. A single active element is a dream in many ways.
Here is what I am using now: http://www.nataudio.ch/cms/index.php?page=symbiosis-se-single-ended-integrated-amplifie
It is not as simple as the SIT, but the output stage is (only a single bit industrial MOSFET per channel on the output). It is a true integrated with input and driver tubes.
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