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In Reply to: Re: Tube Newbie: Tube Amp Recommendations??? posted by foolno1@blazenet.net on August 19, 2002 at 02:44:13:
While the ribbon is not as pleasant for amps as the old-school aluminum wire/mylar tweet I had on my MGIIs (very Euphonic but sloooow; diametriacally opposite of ESL63s or a nice alnico Jensen 1950s unit' s "snap") it is not an especially difficult load as it is non-reactive/capacitative and is a PERFECT candidate for Biamping as driver blending while be far easier. Skip McIntosh altogether. They're nice to look at and the 50W2 actually sounds good (in that it can sonically, with power supply work, run with the "big dawgs" of vintage audio-- Fisher 125 AX and other great Freed-iron based Fisher gear, certain Scott "laboratory" amps, Fairchild 255, Heath W5/W3 etc and the 400 VDC is supercool for WE 350Bs) but the Macs achilles heel is grainy treble-- the MC30 and MC60 suffer the least (save for the 50W2) but there you hit Mac amps other issue; they have to be really throwin' down the watts to have that deep, wide tube soundstaging. Were I you, I would check ebay periodically for a WHITEHOT amp called the Krohn-Hite (Hight? My brain is oatmeal) lab amp. It uses 4 6550s in pure class A to make a conservative (!!!!) 50 watts, and as it was often used to drive AC motors at precise speeds and to run shaker tables, the fabulous output tranny has 1, 2, 4 and 8 ohm taps. I saw one go for under $75 w/ buy it now two weeks ago.... these amps will rock your world!!! Otherwise, ARC amps are nice... I wouldn't rule out a used 300B based amp; this would give you a true glimpse of audio Nirvana. Chris
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