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In Reply to: RE: Its all about the OPT posted by Todd Krieger on September 9, 2021 at 21:12:31:
I've had this suspicion with higher powered SET amps..... It seems like the flea-powered units ( < 5 watts per channel) provide the most "magic"..........
I find this true with push-pull solid state as well.....
This is why the type 45 is the King of SETs and has been for a while. You almost have to try to mess things up to not get bandwidth.
Just for fun I designed a little 5 watt P-P amp using EL95s to see how it might compete against SETs of the same power. At least with the amps I used (which use 2A3s) the EL95 amp was better in every way: more 3D, more detailed, smoother and more relaxed, especially at higher power. But it was better at low power levels too.
I think the reason SET lovers like them so much is they don't really get a chance to compare apples to apples. IMO/IME you can do that one of two ways. Either compare a PP amp using the same tubes as the SET, or compare a PP of the same power as the SET. I've done both so I have a pair of PP type 45 amps that I built up to compare against a type 45 SET. It wasn't even fair- the PP was better in so many ways (def.: 'better', adj to have greater detail, smoother presentation, greater impact, overall more musical and organic sound).
I did all this in order to sort out what kind of amp I wanted for my bedroom system. Since I never push the volume hard SETs were in the running until I tried this comparison. The little 5 watt amp demonstrated that technology had indeed progressed since the time when DHTs were the only game in town.
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Follow Ups
- Yup! - Ralph 10:14:13 09/10/21 (7)
- Interesting ! ............... - Cut-Throat 17:12:28 09/10/21 (6)
- RE: Interesting ! ............... - Ralph 08:28:52 09/13/21 (5)
- I found your post in the Tube/DIY Forum ............... - Cut-Throat 11:41:20 09/14/21 (3)
- I forgot to mention that amp is class A1 nt - Ralph 13:37:27 09/16/21 (0)
- RE: I found your post in the Tube/DIY Forum ............... - sony6060 12:47:47 09/14/21 (1)
- Not looking for more power as I Bi-Amp................... - Cut-Throat 09:45:57 09/15/21 (0)
- Thank you ! ............. nt - Cut-Throat 11:31:03 09/14/21 (0)
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