tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912909370228556458.post1051052319539791983..comments2009-08-25T03:44:14.862-07:00Comments on Stereo Asylum: Is The 21st Century Tube Amp Revival Still Sound?Je M'Apelle Ja'Nellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06561438626896559663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912909370228556458.post-31596895076691317842009-08-25T03:44:14.862-07:002009-08-25T03:44:14.862-07:00If your Cary 2A3 monoblocks managed to work very w...If your Cary 2A3 monoblocks managed to work very well with the Thomas Transducers Brio - in your listening room - you should stick with them. Flea powered SET tube amps are very speaker choosy, especially if you want a timbrally accurate and powerful sound from them. <br />Please check out my blog at http://sound-judgment.blogspot.comSans Ferdinandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122435607122238678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912909370228556458.post-91641945414119007282009-08-12T03:52:13.732-07:002009-08-12T03:52:13.732-07:00Have you tried pairing a pair of B&W Silver Si...Have you tried pairing a pair of B&W Silver Signatures with your Cary 2A3 monoblocks. The B&W Silver Sigs might have a low 86dB sensitivity but it has an easy impedance load, so it is very compatible with zero negative feedback single-ended triodes like the Cary.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194306849971516946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912909370228556458.post-85725540769482705032009-08-11T04:23:03.738-07:002009-08-11T04:23:03.738-07:00I think the "very probable" reason why i...I think the "very probable" reason why in most cases (there are "reasonably-priced" solid-state power amps you know - think Michell) tubes sound way better than solid-state devices is the speed in which the electron - or electrons wave function modulated by the signal - moves inside the tube. Compared that to the extremely slow motion of the electron wave function in a typical band-gap of a semiconductor crystal, and it will be very likely that tube amps tend to sound more dynamic and speedy than their solid-state counterparts. Sadly, tubes today are low-volume manufactured items - like those "trendy" newfangled assault rifles manufactured by Knight's Armament Company open reviewed by former US Navy SEAL Richard Machowicz - thus tend to be somewhat expensive. Even those new old stock tubes (unused tubes manufactured in World War II that are still unused) had been jacked up in price since the vacuum tube revival of the 1990s.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192732234923372968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912909370228556458.post-83219111757718423132009-08-11T03:15:54.590-07:002009-08-11T03:15:54.590-07:00Given that the Thomas Transducers Brio horn loaded...Given that the Thomas Transducers Brio horn loaded loudspeakers has a sensitivity of 103-decibels per watt at 1-meter, they seem to be a good match to flea-powered single-ended triode amps like the CAD 2A3 SET monoblock. But some horn designs tend to sound colored, is the Thomas Transducer Brio plagued with this problem? I have a somewhat similar system that I inherited from my uncle except that his uses a very old Klipsh horn loudspeakers that dates back probably from the 1950s and it does sound "colored" in comparison to a Mission 731 LE.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320524039309538743noreply@blogger.com