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In Reply to: RE: "superior/seamless midrange" posted by b.l.zeebub on November 21, 2020 at 16:05:17
Can I presume that you were never swooned by the wonderful prose by the late Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg who raved about the sound of directly heated triodes? It is hard not to at least be infected by his passion on the issue, even if you never bought into his poetic claims.
The distortion of DHT amps is low provided that the speakers are sufficiently efficient. I use 300B amps on Lowthers in front waveguides, which I suspect are over 100 db efficient. I do use sand amps below 500 hz for the woofer (Bryston) and subwoofer (Hafler), so I am inbetween I guess.
I tried my Hafler P7000 on the Lowthers and removed it as fast as I put it in, and it certainly was NOT because the Hafler was lower in distortion... What a God awful sound that combination made, sheeesh. I would like to try a First Watt amp at some point. I have read the comments of many who prefer their SE amps to the First Watt amps, but there are also many who do like the combination.
Retsel
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I was never swayed by any tube amp and Lowthers are the worst speakers I have ever heard in over 40 years.
The greatest audiophile skill is finding gear with complimentary faults.
It is impossible to make Lowthers sound acceptable with judicious component choice, they are far too bad for that.
I heard some good sounding Lowthers, Alan Hendler's for instance. And I heard some bad ones too. Given the range of drivers Lowther makes and the various ways people load them I think general conclusions are not realistic.
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