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In Reply to: RE: Why No Talk On Either ELAC Or Scansonic Speakers?. posted by Bill the K on November 22, 2016 at 05:36:19
Good morning Bill,
Much like you, I came to this hobby back in 1984, after returning from being stationed in Japan with a pair of Rogers LS 3|5As driven by a Sugden A21a, and have owned plenty of mini-monitors along the way, that all began their roots as $600|pr mini's, namely ProAc Tablettes | Linn Kans | Chartwell LS 3|5As | System Audio, as well as a few other.
Of late, I'm looking at mini's between the $2.400 - $4.000 price ranges, where the ones listed in this post merely caught my ear, and I merely felt the need to inquiry about them, or their lack of post therein. You've obviously owned some beautiful speakers, so no knocks there.
And my username derived from my introduction to tubes back in 1988, where my first amp was a Dynaco Stereo 70, in which it came with Mullard EL34s, which I later replaced with ones made by Electro Harmonics, as I've continued to use this as my username in one form or another on different forums, where it has evolved to Ei6ca7 | KT77 | RFT|Siemens EL34, as well as a few other varieties.
But these days......., I'm much more taken with the other all fidelity of the EL84s, as far as power tubes go, but felt it to late to go back to the various forums and rename myself, as many of my postings go back to 1999, go I've just ridden it out and continue to use it to this day.
Cheers, and Happy Holidays as well.
O_o scar
Follow Ups:
I see you started with the EL34 and KT-77 based amps - nice. Don't give up on them just yet. Something you should try is the VTA ST-70 or retro fit your 70 to take KT-88. Get the Gold Lion brand - a wow tube!!!
What EL84 amp are you using. The crown jewel of my stereo collection is, and you're going to laugh, a circa 1959 Sherwood S-5000ii with EL84s. So far the best "sounding" stereo I've ever had or heard for small room use.
Hello airtime,
I haven't given up on using my EL34 based Integrated [ AudioMat Arpege 10 Reference ] which was something I've craved since reading about the original version during the mid to late 90s in a few of the then Listener magazines.
But I've to say that upon receiving the " Woodham Audio Kalyspo by CR Developments " which was one of their ranges geared towards the Japanese market, it was my first venture with anything using EL84s, and within minutes........., I began to understand what Pierre Sprey over on Mapleshare Recordings had been getting at all along in how responsive to dynamic shifts were possible blue from these power tubes compared to larger ( slower, more rose-tinted ones to my ears since ) in he went on and on about the H. H. Scott Integrated ( I've forgotten the model number ) but my integrated caused me to place the other one in the closet where it sat for two years, until I loaned it to my younger brother.
Having had mods done on it back in 2013, by our own Michael Samra, whom did an excellent job far exceeding anything I'd have excepted, I came away even more impressed.........., but I should add Mickey has a collection of vintage tube gear and tubes which caused me to take notice of said vintage gear tenfold and then some......., as he was always trying to get me into obtaining one of these vintage pieces months beforehand, but as the saying goes......., hearing is believing, and what I heard that very day has remained with me since.
Here I'm talking the sonic merits of his Fisher Preamp driving some Eico Power Amp......., don't ask me the model numbers, as I didn't pay attention at the time to anything other then how both connected to my senses on an emotional level.
Once again, each of us while having our biases towards this or that component, according to cost or its place of origin, sometimes need to explore the unknown before knocking items one has never heard........., as one might be surprised as to what's out there for pennies on the dollar, as compared to what we know as the High-End.
Me myself........., I base my purchases on how components present tonality | timbre | pitch | texture, and lastly transient agility. And lastly its ability to touch me emotionally goes without saying.
Happy Holidays airtime........, it's always nice hearing from you.
O_oh
Edits: 11/22/16 11/22/16
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