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In Reply to: RE: Interesting topic...some thoughts posted by horn kid on October 02, 2016 at 08:57:49
Let me make an important point about my lower powered SETs:
I am not denigrating the wonderful SET sound that is available at lower power. In fact, on of my 20 watt SET amps won my heart over a much more powerful push pull amp, which was the best push pull amp I ever had. So, it all becomes relative. I would take that 20 watt SET over any non SET I ever had in 40 years, into my 101+ db speakers. That's a pretty strong statement. I just prefer the higher powered transmitter tube units....which are expensive, and could blow at any time....who knows.....
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And it's the expensive part that's the problem. I'm already playing way out of my league by having bought the Odeons to begin with, then getting the Ultra-Fi monos. The sound I have is very good. Could it be better with a more powerful SET? More'n likely, but it doesn't really matter at this point. I'm going to have to live with what I have, which is pretty damn good, as far as I can tell. I'll leave the perfection part to people with a helluva lot more disposable income than I have ;-)
What a mature post, the one above this. Yes, agreed, when you love your sound, when nothing is annoying you, when you are not wishing for anything, why muck around? Just listening and enjoying is the goal that most people never get to, and that's something about which I complain about the high industry. It becomes about the gear, not music.
Todd, you are wise enough to realize when you have it made. Congratulations on your choices, and congratulation on being able to recognize that.
Enjoy your music!
Don't be spreading that wisdom stuff around - very bad for my image. ;-)
Make no mistake; my system has its warts. There's a bass feedback issue that only shows up on certain music, and always has me diving for the volume control. Oddly, Alan Parsons "Turn of a Friendly Card" was fine at a fairly high volume level; good solid satisfying bass that really set a foundation for the music, but Angele Dubeau's Ludovico Einaudi sets up a feedback loop that sounds almost like TT wow, and there isn't significant low frequency in the recording, so go figure.
I'll get it squared away eventually. I expect that it probably take a set of wall mounted shelves for the 2A3 monos. Keeps me off the streets.
Is this with your sub engaged? Btw, the Crossfire has totally eliminated any need or desire to run a sub with the La Bohemes. It goes deeper and with awesome control unlike any other SET I have tried on them...even KR, which set the bass standard for SET with me until now. Tonally, the KR might still have the edge but until I try direct comparison I can't be sure.
Never mind. After I went back and re-read the above posts I was able to find a couple of links. The Crossfire is way out of any range I'll ever be able to afford, but it's nice to know such products exist, since the technology does tend to trickle down. If only economics really worked the same way. ;-)
Hey, Brad. Sorry it took so long to respond. I've been out of town with no internet. Not a bad thing sometimes.
Yeah, the subs are engaged. One of the subs is now out from under the bridge table (which did help), but I have nowhere else to put the other one. Until I get to making some wall-mounted shelves for the amps, I may just run both leads into the one sub and take the other out of the system, since I'm sure it's the one under the bridge table that's causing the issues. I'm running the crossover points as low as I can set them, so directionality shouldn't be an issue.
Got a link for that Crossfire amp? What I'm finding on a search is guitar amps. Not that it matters, since there's not likely to be any changes made here for a long time, but I'd like to know what we're talking about.
Well, I sometimes was putting my sub in and out of the chain depending on the kind of music. For more bass heavy music I found most amps to sound a bit lightweight on the La Bohemes, which is why the sub from time to time.
Now though with the Crossfire, bass is more than ample and has real weight! It really surprised me...especially with recordings like Yello "Touch" there was seemingly an extra octave that my other amps didn't deliver. Also, it has awesome bass texture and dynamic snap...it is very tight sounding. Tonally, it is lighter overall though than the Wall Opus M50s/NAT Plasma combo. This has good enough bass as well that I was not needing the subs and is richer overall in tone but doesn't have the same inner resolution and soundstage/imaging stabilty of the Crossfire.
So far, I think this is a pretty awesome amp.
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