In Reply to: RE: Sonically, its called the " choir effect ". posted by kyle on December 9, 2016 at 08:28:08:
So you, and - some others may think !!Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Obviously, ANY and ALL doubters have NEVER heard a Serious Stereo amp, in a good setting, play !! It " wiped the floor " in a SET amp shoot out at RMAF ten years or so ago, at Terry Cain's after-hours shoot-out. Dennis' amp got a STANDING ovation.
Kyle, if you properly engineer it, as Dennis Fraker uniquely KNOWS how to do, and if you operate the 2A3 at 43 mA., not 60 mA. at 250 P-K, AND use a direct couple ( the ONLY "way" to go ), and pay CAREFUL attention to ALL aspects of the build, the 12AX7 can easily drive the 2A3.
Or, let me put it this way, Kyle, Using the ABOVE low current driver operating parameters, Dennis' amps THIS year, in 2016, two months ago, were rated by Herb Reichert, Stereophile reviewer, as being one ( of the two ) of his "most favorite" rooms to visit and LISTEN to, at the recent RMAF show, out of HOW MANY ...250 - 300 exhibitors??
Besides the URL on the easy-click at the bottom of my post ( read it first ) look also at THIS following URL, cut and paste it, please scroll down to under the heading " FAVORITE ROOMS "
\\http://www.stereophile.com/content/rmaf-2016-assessment#kyTkLrxdjfMsQ22z.97
So Kyle, What do I need to DO to get credibility with people who have no experience hearing what I am talking about, and who don't fully understand ??? Thats you, AND I am sure - some others.
Regards, best wishes, Merry Christmas
Jeff Medwin
Edits: 12/09/16 12/09/16
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- RE: Sonically, its called the " choir effect ". - drlowmu 09:03:50 12/09/16 (27)
- RE: Sonically, its called the " choir effect ". - kyle 09:16:48 12/09/16 (26)
- RE: Sonically, its called the " choir effect ". - SteveBrown 02:29:48 12/10/16 (24)
- Smeared? - gusser 11:57:40 12/12/16 (15)
- yes. paralleled sections causing smear is fictional - zarniwoop 17:21:51 12/15/16 (4)
- RE: yes. paralleled sections causing smear is fictional - PakProtector 03:37:35 01/04/17 (0)
- You are incorrect. - drlowmu 06:52:33 12/22/16 (2)
- RE: You are incorrect. - zarniwoop 15:04:00 12/23/16 (1)
- RE: You are incorrect. - drlowmu 09:24:21 12/24/16 (0)
- RE: Smeared? - Tre' 20:17:22 12/12/16 (8)
- I would expect it to double? (nt) - gusser 11:50:00 12/13/16 (1)
- +1 (nt) - Tre' 18:24:10 12/13/16 (0)
- RE: Smeared? - kyle 06:31:45 12/13/16 (5)
- RE: Smeared? - Tre' 17:01:16 12/13/16 (4)
- RE: Smeared? - kyle 05:31:01 12/14/16 (3)
- try 'power' tubes - PakProtector 09:20:29 12/16/16 (2)
- RE: try 'power' tubes - kyle 13:39:19 12/16/16 (1)
- RE: try 'power' tubes - PakProtector 11:54:09 01/17/17 (0)
- RE: Smeared? - SteveBrown 16:03:02 12/12/16 (0)
- RE: Is that why SS sounds like crap? - deafbykhorns 15:20:35 12/10/16 (0)
- RE: Sonically, its called the " choir effect ". - kyle 08:31:31 12/10/16 (2)
- Getting to the "work around" - DAK 09:34:40 12/12/16 (1)
- PM sent nt - kyle 11:59:12 12/12/16 (0)
- And yet... - Ivan303 08:30:58 12/10/16 (3)
- RE: And yet... - used-hifi 12:04:35 12/10/16 (0)
- RE: And yet... - kyle 08:35:51 12/10/16 (1)
- That said, I likely will not go with parallel 6SL7 to drive my current 300B SET amp... - Ivan303 10:27:10 12/10/16 (0)
- RE: as well as entertaining - deafbykhorns 19:18:20 12/09/16 (0)