Dynaudio Speakers With Tube Amps


Seasons greeting fellow A'goners.After answering a post in the amp forum I started thinking that we need a thread directly relating the use of Dynaudio speakers with ALL Tube Amplification.To many times I have read how common sense dictates the use of high powered SS amps to drive Dyn's, SOOOO lets hear from everyone using ALL Tube front ends to drive those Dyn's.Specify the model of speaker,Amp (along with it's basic info)as well as a brief description of the sound.I'll kick off:Dynaudio"Audience52SE".Yaqin "MS-34D",42 wpc(Ultralinear)21 wpc(Triode)Pure Class A,EL34 power tubes(Shaguang),NOS Mullard M8100(6J1 equivalents)driver tubes.Sound:Soundstage extends well outside & rearward of the speakers.Deep,tight bass,NO slop(even in Triode mode at normal listening levels) with excellent definition & tone.Sweet mids with nice sheen on strings(especially in Triode mode),no sibilance or chestiness on vocals.Nice weight on piano.Treble can be slightly sharp at LOUD levels(90 db.+).This may be an artifact of speakers that are not close to broke in(about 130 hours at this point)yet OR a combination of the Pure Silver I/C's & Silver Coated Copper Power Cables in my system,I haven't worked it out yet.Thanks for your participation folks.
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I drive my Dynaudio 52SE + Sub20A with a McIntosh C2200 tube preamp and aMC252 SS amp. The sound is enveloping and very realistic. I was using Rotel gear previously and the new Mc gear helped tot ame the overall brightnees, although it was not that bad. I know this is not the answer to your question but wanted to let you know half of the equation.