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Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory

I had driven my Coincident Total Victory II's with 100 W el34's. Now It's a 12 W 300b. I like the tonal accuracy and low level detail much more but do miss two things about the higher powered amp. One is the ability to occasionally turn it up. The other is the headroom needed to to accurately reproduce the fast rise of, for example, a piano or drum. For me, the TV II's are just below the efficiency needed for 300b amplification. Does anyone have experience with a sub $4k used tube amp or amplifier topology that would be a good compromise?

Thanks in advance,

Dave

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02-13-11

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02-13-11 My amp would give you what you want...almarro 318b...18 high ... Larryken

02-13-11: Sidssp
If you like the sound of SET, it will be difficult to move away from it. So how about a pair of Cary cad-805c? You can find them used for around $4K. 211 based SET usually has more punch than 300b. It might not be a compromise at all.
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02-13-11 You might want to try an otl by atmasphere for example. ther ... Mechans

02-13-11 I have auditioned the coincident statement linestage using m ... Montejay

02-13-11 I tend to agree with both sidssp and mechans, either the car ... Rfogel8

02-13-11 Something`s strange here.your speakers are quite simillar to ... Charles1dad

02-13-11 The eight watt frankenstein is a different animal. i owned a ... Azaud

02-13-11 Rfogel8,i was present at that session and to be honest the f ... Charles1dad

02-13-11 Thanks everyone, now i am more confused than ever:). after ... Dbrewer12345

02-13-11 Dave one point to keep in mind is that israel bloom used you ... Charles1dad

02-13-11 After the above post, it dawned on me that i should be takin ... Dbrewer12345

02-13-11 I can see no reason why the coincident technology frankenste ... Allchemie

02-13-11 not a good idea. you're probably clipping the amplifier sev ... Almarg

02-13-11 Hi dave. glad your enjoying my former speakers. regarding a ... Franks

02-14-11 I have owned two models of coincident speakers (and many oth ... Mmike84

02-14-11 Mmike84, i agree israel is quite approachable and refreshing ... Charles1dad

02-14-11 Almarg, a friend of mine has the coincident dragon and anot ... Allchemie

02-14-11 I'll add to what charles1dad said regarding the cary's: don' ... Onemug

02-14-11 Hi al, i would suggest getting in touch with israel at coinc ... Montejay

02-14-11 We have a set of total victories- they are an easy load but ... Atmasphere

02-14-11 Greg, mike, montejay, thanks very much! excellent info, par ... Almarg

02-14-11 It's nice to hear the there will be dragon mk2. i had a fri ... Brf

02-14-11 Brf, like you i own the total eclipse ii speakers and they a ... Charles1dad

02-15-11 There's also the difference in impedance - the tv2 hovers ar ... Palasr

02-15-11 If you can find them used, you may want to look at manley ne ... Pmburnett

02-15-11 Palasr, the tv2 is benign enough that our smallest amp, the ... Atmasphere

02-15-11 Hi, pmb,who knows which is better, what`s obvious is that yo ... Charles1dad

02-15-11 Charles1dad, i am enjoying my manley's very much. it seems t ... Pmburnett

04-21-11 Dave, for the sake of followup after such an interesting thr ... Charles1dad

04-03-12 You may be listening to the wrong tube. i'm driving mine wit ... Fstein