Expensive Tube Amplifiers
I see many $4K to over $8K amps on eBay. Who would pay this a of money. A few years ago these amps were 25% of the current cost. I can buy a 'right' vintage amp and rebuild it and likely get same quality sound at these expensive amps for about $500 including parts. The 'right' amp is with quality and larger audio transformers.
@vuch ’SET’ stands for Single-Ended Triode. So there’s no such thing as a ’push-pull SET’ as you mentioned above. What did you mean by that? |
@atmasphere I was mistaken. The Generators weren’t SET, they were push pull. My bad... NAT Audio Generator mono block amplifiers use a pure single-ended, triode-based configuration in pure class A, employing zero global feedback. These amplifiers often feature military-grade single coaxial triode ceramic output tubes, such as the GI-7B for the Generator models, in a triode-based circuit. |
@vuch OK that's actually an SET. A really high powered one, hence the cabinet so to keep the user away from the really high Voltages needed for the ceramic transmitting triode it uses. Not push pull. |
@atmasphere +1 |
After reading all the comments in this thread, I realize there are a lot of in-depth experts on tube amps here, and I really need some advice from you. I have a SS power amp and a tube preamp, but I don’t like the result. I love the transparency and true tonality I get with the DAC connected directly to the power (LUMIN LEEDH volume control), and I’d like to add a tube amp at that last stage. My speakers aren’t very efficient (88 dB/1W, 4 Ohm impedance). I listen 3.5 meters from my speakers, and my room is 26 square meters. I hear 70-75 dB (very random peaks at 82 dB). I’m fantasizing about an SE 300B, but I don’t know if it will work, and I live at the end of the world, so I can’t afford to buy and do trial and error. My budget is $4,000. I found an open-box Cayin Soul 170i (Class AB) for that price, but I don’t know if it will have the magic and holography of a Class A. I would greatly appreciate your advice... |
