Winggo, much more important than your speakerss sensitivity is its impedance. If you have low efficiency speakers with a benign impedance, you can solve any power issue by adding more tube power. If your speakers have either too low or too demanding of an impedance curve, then tubes are not recommendable, regardless of power. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/bas/0808/ |
Csontos, I think that I might understand where some of the tube skepticism among the solid state crowd comes from. Quite often, tubes are used in applications that are less than ideal. I hear them all the time. Thats not to say that a mistake was made. A person has the right to consider only the elements of music that are important to him, and choose a tube amplifier/speaker combination accordingly. But while this person is satisfied with his tube application, others of us might listen to his system and hear musical compromises that we wouldnt make for ourselves. What Atmasphere, Almarg and others are trying to tell you, is that many of the shortcomings that you perceive to be inherent to tubes, are more likely to be common application flaws. |
"Does your system belt it out pretty loud and non fatiguing? OR does it seem to be very detailed and airy, but when you turn it up loud, can you listen for long periods? Matt, I havent heard Als Ulysses but Ive heard the model just under them - the Argos; so Im very confident that Als system would knock your socks off. But additionally, if you ever have the chance to hear a pair of Volti Vittora speakers, I would highly recommend that you take the opportunity; just to finally put to rest, any reservations you might have left, of what a few tube Watts can accomplish with the right speaker. |
