RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET

Posted by onemug (A) on May 16, 2014 at 08:55:43

In Reply to: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET posted by Plinius_Fan on May 11, 2014 at 23:43:49:

Haven't heard the Crossfire so I can't comment on it but would suggest looking into the Cary 805 AE.

I have and love a well built/designed 300b SET matched with a "very friendly" speaker but I have another system with Magnepans that I normally run ss amps with. I actually ran the Maggies with my <10 wpc SETs a couple of times and it was great with some music, especially the "girl and guitar" types. Loving that 300b midrange, but wondering what more power could do, I took a chance on the 805 AE's which the builder describes as "a 300b SET driving an 845 or 211 thru an interstage transformer". It gives you 50 or 70 wpc depending on which output tube you choose. Besides all the techno-babble that manufacturers and dealers spout over their amps they make/sell, I found these "big" SETs to sound very nice. YMMV.

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Topic - Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - Plinius_Fan 23:43:49 05/11/14 (20)

RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - Wojciech 10:05:18 06/03/14 (0)

RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - RGA 20:32:42 05/25/14 (5)

Have auditioned the Line Magnetic 219IA - Plinius_Fan 21:48:14 05/26/14 (4)

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RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - Diogenes 14:00:18 05/20/14 (0)

Excellent amp - morricab 06:04:52 05/20/14 (1)

RE: Excellent amp - Plinius_Fan 21:49:44 05/26/14 (0)

RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - onemug 08:55:43 05/16/14 (0)

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RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - sk 14:55:13 05/12/14 (7)

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RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - charles1dad 16:47:47 05/13/14 (3)

RE: Ayon Cossfire III - 30 watts SET - Mick Wolfe 08:40:48 05/14/14 (2)

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