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In Reply to: SET newbie, should I go for it? posted by robergray@hotmail.com on November 20, 2006 at 04:40:46:
Hi, I'm sorry to ressurect this thread again...I looked up some info on my my speakers , they only go down to 70hz, and the manual says the LF driver has no network?
The speakers are chinese, the vendor I got them from , told me they can be driven with a 300B amp. Today I played the speakers on my dads audion silver knight 300B (25wpc PP) and they really rocked!!! My current SS amp is a terrible match with these speakers, I do believe they are more suitable for tube amps. There was even more and tighter bass! ( my ss has 2x100watts and a 400watt Torid trafo)
Just wanted to share this with you !
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This is the new version of the ASL AQ1006/845.
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How do they compare with your ASL Hurricanes?Rgds,
Naz
...as SoniCap Platinum and Cardas GR coupling caps, a few better resistors, and MUCH-better powersupply caps throughout**. Also, I hardwired the input cables thereby eliminating several mechanical and solder joints and used AudioNote silver binding posts. The only thing I've done to the 1006s is to replace all the small tubes with better-sounding ones.Briefly*, the 'Canes are still a little more detailed, but the 1006s are more musically attractive and coherent (?). This is difficult for me to reduce to words. I learned to LOVE the sounds of SETs with my ASL Explorer 805s a couple years ago, and these 1006s sound as much more like music as the 805s did compared with a similar-power 2-pairs-of-KT88s triode amp.
I didn't drive my current home-made line-array speakers very long with the 'Canes, but the current setup sounds more transparent than ANYTHING I've heard. The SYSTEM has a see-into-the-orchestra quality that gives me goosebumps when it and I are 'on' (and I don't mean drugs...:-). The new amps definitely contribute to that and will get better and better as I gradually replace the medium-quality parts inside.
I'm thrilled with my system...the new amps AND my home-made speakers.
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* Again, I'm no GEA who can hear all sorts of very subtle differences. I'm much more a macro-level guy who listens and judges over a longer term.
** IMO the MOST-important upgrade in the amp. My improvements to the 1006s will start with replacing ALL the many PS caps in the amps and NOT with the coupling caps, where I've always started before.
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and mirrors my own experience when I first moved to 845 SET (albeit with completely different amps) but you'll easily pick up that (slightly) missing detail with the mods you are planning and then you'll have the best of both worlds! At least that's the way it panned out for me. BTW, I agree with your statement re caps ... PS first every time in my book. You've also done a great job of your line arrays ... another very positive step.Cheers,
Naz
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