I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as

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Posted by morricab (S) on April 9, 2014 at 01:14:02

In Reply to: PP or parallel SET integrateds posted by saki70 on April 7, 2014 at 15:04:21:

And I ultimately preferred SET.

For reference the PP amp was the very nice VAC Renaissance 30/30 push pull triode (300B) in Class A zero feedback...I don't think push pull tube gets much better than this frankly. That said, I would still be open to trying something like the Coincident 211 PP or the Antique Sound Labs Cadenza (845 PP) or even Canary Audio monoblocks (again 300B PP).

I currently have the NAT Symbiosis SE, which is not a normal SET as it actually uses a single big MOSFET on the output (the rest is tube) but it is single ended. It seemed overall slightly more coherent and of one piece (I can kind of hear that PP amps are splitting up the sound somehow...maybe my imagination but it is a persistent feeling).

I will be getting soon a JJ-322 parallel 300B amp with about 20 watts and I can then give feedback on what a true all tube SET sounds like with them.

I have Ref 3a Master Control MMC speakers with Be tweeter upgrade and a pair of Ref 3a L'Integrales with Seas Excel tweeter upgrade (big improvement from the original Vifa tweeters that were in both).

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Topic - PP or parallel SET integrateds - saki70 15:04:21 04/07/14 (10)

I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - morricab 01:14:02 04/09/14 (3)

RE: I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - saki70 08:13:08 04/09/14 (2)

RE: I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - morricab 01:59:04 04/10/14 (1)

RE: I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - saki70 09:50:41 04/10/14 (0)

RE: PP or parallel SET integrateds - saki70 06:15:35 04/08/14 (0)

RE: PP or parallel SET integrateds - Caucasian Blackplate 23:01:25 04/07/14 (0)

RE: PP or parallel SET integrateds - Grinnell 19:06:37 04/07/14 (3)

RE: PP or parallel SET integrateds - SETdude 11:11:30 04/08/14 (2)

RE: PP or parallel SET integrateds - saki70 13:18:53 04/08/14 (1)

RE: PP or parallel SET integrateds - SETdude 14:25:37 04/08/14 (0)

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I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - morricab 01:14:02 04/09/14 (3)

RE: I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - saki70 08:13:08 04/09/14 (2)

RE: I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - morricab 01:59:04 04/10/14 (1)

RE: I have tried SET and PP on my Ref 3as - saki70 09:50:41 04/10/14 (0)

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