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SET the best?

Is SET amplification where we should all end up? I keep reading posts where people tell of their journeys from plenty power to micro power, and how amazing SET amplification is 45 set 211 set 845 set otl, and usually, ....with the right speaker. I have yet to read of anyone who has gone the other direction from SET, to High watt beast class A amps or others.
If your speakers can be driven by minimal wattage, is this the most realistic, natural sound we can achieve? versus say, 86db sensitive speakers and a 1000w amp?
Is the end result solely based on speaker pairing? circuit? tubes?

I am in the process of changing my direction in my search for realistic sound, just because, and wondering if this really is the best direction to be going.
From what I have been reading I think it may be.

What do we get with SET? What do we give up?

What's you favorite color?
hanaleimike
mozartfan
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I thought the Defy would  heat my small rm too much down here in new orleans,, but really has not been an issue.
Actually its a  dry heat, and may burn up some of the humidity in the room, mixed with a  small ac in the wash room window 1 short hall away...., its  been all ok....
Gotta have a  845 glowing at night, more spectacular than  the Defy's 12 KT88's...
 

bjesien
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A really nice sounding class d amp is the SPEC but I found it to get a bit boring over time. I enjoy a certain amount of variety. Have you heard the SPEC Ralph? When is yours coming out and what’s the price point?
mozartfan
2,143 posts
 
The Big Bad 845 tube
with Horns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di2xJfZq1aw
tweak1
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The LSA Voyager 350 GaN amp is smoother than any SS Ive owned, the lone, very distant, exception being my Kinergetics KBA 75 which was 75 wpc pure class A..And a mere $3000, with trades allowed. Sounds much cleaner overriding the soft rubber footers and removing the top

hth
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atmasphere
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When is yours coming out and what’s the price point?
@bjesien We're doing limited production right now. They are $5200/pair.

I've not heard the SPEC amp. But I have heard class D amps that are boring; I know what you're talking about. There's as much variance with class D amps as there is with tube amps.
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