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Tubes On Top Without Getting Ridiculous

The more I read about biamping Tympanis the more I am convinced I must be missing out.

One of the thing that bothers me, however, is the idea of some quirky, overpriced, expensive tube eating amp for the mids and highs.

So without

- going through hell for that last elusive bit of magic,
- without raising the temperature of my room by about 20 degrees, and

- without having to ship hundreds of pounds of fragile gear in for servicing blah blah blah -

- oh and one more thing without spending a zillion dollars....

What tube amps might I consider for workhorse performance, when using perhaps Bryston 7 monoblocks on the bottom with a Marchand or Audio Research crossover.

Thanks for any ideas.
cwlondon

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cwlondon OP
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Well this is very interesting and thanks for ideas so far....

Hmmmmm......I guess I need to do some more research and off the top of my head, I haven't a clue re crossover frequency for the maggies.

The curious thing is that I would have sworn the solid state on the bottom, tubes on top, with active crossover was a fairly standard configuration for many Tympani owners.

But perhaps you are right, biamping is good, but should use similar amplifiers..

I will report back and also welcome more feedback
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