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RE: Are there any guidelines on which tubes, amps are less fatiguing?

Posted by JANDG (A) on October 24, 2009 at 05:36:47

In Reply to: Are there any guidelines on which tubes, amps are less fatiguing? posted by robertd on October 23, 2009 at 18:47:49:

I have a ringing problem that can happen with my ears that happens on certain systems & general noise in life, mostly high pitched stuff. I absolutely can not listen seriosely to average SS systems because of this anymore, just tried it again last week. A bad speaker system with a peak in it's midrange definately sets it off. I listen to OB hybrids made from JBL Jubals, the SEAS mid is flat as can be & very non fatiguing. I have had ET-8 hybrid planars that had a metalic nature to em & a bump in the mids that made them unlistenable to my ears,even with tweeters not in play. Also I run PP, SET, PSE, etc amps in differant systems & all are non fatigue & surely could be made fatigueing w/ a bad or drift in op-point or a million other things. I also can not stand lytics in signal chain in clean SE amps in anyway shape or form, fatigue comes quick with em for me. Both DanL & Tre' make very valid points . DanL designs & builds his own OB hybrid speakers of the very good type & could easily explain were fatiguing speakers alone can be something you will never overcome with em till that problem is resolved. On my JBL horns the SET= 45,amp better be smooth & no nasty anything or I can not listen to system, takes a while to achieve but allways win the battle. With a decent source & source material, flat speakers in the low to upper midrange, & decent tube amp in any topology should make for a non fatiguing good time. SET alone IMO has nothing to do with fatiguing & non fatguing as I run to many completely differant systems to believe this. SET does have it's own thing going for sure, just not IMO a instant fix for fatigue by a longshot.You will have to take the journey to find out what you enjoy & do not. Go to any good audio event & that alone will show you that oppinions on the very system 20 people all just listend to will vary greatly even to the extreme.
Joe

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