In Reply to: Its all about the OPT posted by Ralph on September 8, 2021 at 15:04:29:
"Keeping in mind of course that if you really want to hear what an SET does don't play it past about 20-25% of full power. Otherwise the distortion will cause it to sound very 'dynamic'."
My 211 SETs can output 30W in Class A2, and distortion is very low all the way out to that maximum capability. I can't speak to the OP's speaker characteristics, but it is certainly possible to design a SET well above 300B power levels with low distortion and the nuance SETs are known for.
Much of the credit for this performance admittedly goes to the OPTs - Magnequest FS-100 with 10K primaries. Don't know if anything comparable is still available.
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- Strongly Disagree with This - Triode_Kingdom 14:51:29 09/10/21 (27)
- Don't know if anything comparable is still available" Sowter and Silk, NO doubt.~nT - Cleantimestream 21:33:13 09/17/21 (0)
- RE: Strongly Disagree with This - 91derlust 19:02:07 09/10/21 (0)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - Ralph 15:02:38 09/10/21 (24)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 07:28:26 10/12/21 (3)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - Ralph 09:17:56 10/12/21 (2)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 11:38:29 10/12/21 (1)
- Could you provide some context? - Ralph 12:12:08 10/12/21 (0)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 07:21:40 10/12/21 (19)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - Ralph 10:15:51 10/12/21 (18)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 11:27:21 10/12/21 (17)
- Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - Ralph 12:04:36 10/12/21 (16)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - morricab 05:17:04 10/18/21 (15)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - rivervalley817 11:32:23 10/18/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - tube wrangler 11:13:06 10/18/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - Ralph 09:54:58 10/18/21 (12)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - morricab 05:43:08 10/20/21 (10)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - tube wrangler 18:17:44 10/20/21 (5)
- Class D gain - Ralph 11:06:50 10/22/21 (4)
- RE: Class D gain - tube wrangler 12:49:39 10/23/21 (3)
- There are zero feedback class D amps- some are getting very good comments too. nt - Ralph 09:36:31 10/25/21 (0)
- RE: Class D gain - morricab 02:59:11 10/25/21 (1)
- RE: Class D gain - tube wrangler 12:57:48 10/25/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - rivervalley817 14:22:27 10/20/21 (0)
- BTW, thanks for your posts! nt - Ralph 09:07:37 10/20/21 (1)
- Same to you...good discussion! nt - morricab 14:03:43 10/20/21 (0)
- Yes!! - Ralph 09:05:40 10/20/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - tube wrangler 11:27:06 10/18/21 (0)