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In Reply to: RE: What he said! posted by rws on February 28, 2016 at 14:35:08
Since you are new to this you are likely to be best off with a 300b amp. If you want to build something, go with a kit: Bottlehead is a good place to look first. As for manufacturers; you'd be best to read a bunch of reviews and learn about this whole SET thing. Even having a great amp is no guarantee of great sound. Speaker matching, tube swapping, and component matching are important issues with SETs. When you get it all "right" It's really nice to listen to.
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Hello rws,
You have gotten some very good and wise replies. At this stage you're in, educate yourself via reading articles and reviews of SET amplifiers. Be patient and you'll steadily develop a fund of basic knowledge. The biggest factor for success with SETs is selecting the proper speaker match. Wrong speaker and you'll just experience failure and frustration.
With the right speaker match the listening experience and long term happiness can be superb. IMO any of the true DHT tubes can sound wonderful. This will depend on the builder/designer talent, part quality(particularly output transformer) and of course implementation. Take your time and read. Despite the relatively small genre of SET amplifiers, there are many good choices available, patience is an asset.
Charles,
I can run a pair of home built 89db/1 watt speakers, with my home built 8wpc EL34 SEUL amplifier.
It can certainly get loud....but....not 'blow out the windows' loud.
Steve
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