Integrated Amp Suggestions for Dynaudio Contour 3.4LE
A lot of you are recommending tubes over solid state. I have no experience with tube amps but I am getting very intrugued. I am curious as to how people feel about the tube sound and why they like it better. Also, a number of these recommended amps aren't super high power. Can I assume that more power doesn't equal "better"? Finally, is it difficult and/or expensive to replace tubes? thanks |
To tell you the truth I’d be a little leery about putting a tubed amp with those speakers because both pair present a pretty tough load. IIRC, the Dynaudios are something like 84dB and 6ohms? Something like a Hegel ss integrated, I think, would be a better choice; it can handle both sets of speakers well. And it has the added bonus of a very good DAC inside! https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-hegel-h-360-latest-2016-12-20-integrateds-06830-byram-... |
"Tubes have a slightly different sonic character than transistors.
Tubes tend to provide a slightly richer harmonic picture of
instruments in the midrange with a slight sacrifice in definition
and control at the frequency extremes. Twenty years ago this
contrast was more pronounced. Modern transistor amplifiers
are far more musical than they used to be and the performance
of modern tube amplifiers is less compromised." http://vandersteen.com/media/files/APJ%20Files/APJ11_Proof.pdf There are a number of reasons why tubes often give a more liquid sound and sometimes a phat mid-range. Less so today. ARC has reduced the number of tubes but hasn't gone all SS. |
