These are going to need an insanely efficient speaker--I don't run any 300b amps but the Lamm ML2 which can make more than enough power for my needs and sounds great at around 18 watts per chassis. I'm running a horn/hybrid that is nominally 104db efficient. Based on Atkinson's measurements this produces very little power at 8 ohms. What do other implementations of the 300b tube normally produce in terms of power?
New Western Electric 91E 300B Tube Integrated Amp REVIEW !
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@jasonbourne52 you own the western electric 91E? |
@invalid that @jasonbourne52 just like to crap on anything he cannot afford or is over $1500.00 he has never even listened to it. |
How can you possibly know without having the WE91? Have you listened to it?
If you base your proclamation based on measurements, please provide a link to those measurements for both units.
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The specifications for the WE 91 are in the linked stereophile review. To me, the biggest concern is the 3 ohm source impedance of the amp which would mean frequency response effects based on the impedance of the speaker at each frequency (i.e. the response will vary because the speaker impedance changes with frequency). The somewhat high harmonic distortion, even at low output is not that big a deal because it is common to a lot of tube amps and is primarily second order, which is harmless (maybe even part of the “rich” sound of tubes). |
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