I heard Wolcott on Dynaudio Confidence C4 in comparison with Theta Digital Citadel solid state amplifiers. Wolcott sounds amazingly similar to Citadel and both are excellent amps. I don't know if Wolcott sounded more like solid state or Citadel sounding more like tube. Both exhibited excellent tight bass control while providing that airy three dimensional sound. I would give Citadel a more neutral detailed sound while Wolcott sounded warmer and not as detailed. What one like's better is a matter of taste. For me, I preferred the sound of Citadel. By the way, Wolcott is single ended even though it has XLR balanced input. You can tell because switching back and forth revealed that Wolcott had about 6 db less gain than Citadel which is full balanced design. While I think this has nothing to do with sound quality but it does give you the feeling that Citadel can drive speakers to larger volume with dynamics than Wolcott can. In certain situations when speakers are on the cold and analytical side, I would opt for Wolcotts.
anybody have/hear Wolcott with dynamic speakers?
I invite your listening experiences of Wolcott particularly with I guess any dynamic, cone driver speaker. I am aware of their ability with planar and electrostats.
I have Genesis V's and another pair of 3 way cone speakers, and am considering buying Wolcott P220M's. I will get a chance to listen to the amps on Wilson Sophias in the next week or so, and would appreciate any comment before then. Also how hot and how reliable are they relative to any other valve mono?--I have never owned valve amp before and hope to light up the magic in the Genesis V's--more than my s/s amp can do . As ever all comment is much appreciated.
I have Genesis V's and another pair of 3 way cone speakers, and am considering buying Wolcott P220M's. I will get a chance to listen to the amps on Wilson Sophias in the next week or so, and would appreciate any comment before then. Also how hot and how reliable are they relative to any other valve mono?--I have never owned valve amp before and hope to light up the magic in the Genesis V's--more than my s/s amp can do . As ever all comment is much appreciated.