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SET sound without a lot of money

Any experience or opinions on the Almarros, Music Ref RM10 mkii, or the Joule Electra Stargate amplifires? Looking for a good SET experience without overly-colored sound or congestion, while pushing enough current to excercise existing 91db speakers at low to moderate volume. I would like to swap one of these occassionally into my system without having to rebuild (re-buy)a whole new system to accomodate a tradional low-watt 2A3, 45, or 300b amp.
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rockadanny
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Audio Mirror offers two beautiful sounding and looking SETs, 20 watts per channel and 45 watts per channel (I have this one for my 87db 6 ohm (min) speakers). Not 300B or 2A3, but 6C33C - powerful and beautiful sound nonetheless. If you are near Atlanta, GA, you may come by for a listen.
mt10425
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I was driving my Sophia Baby into 92db speakers. Sounded pretty good at moderate volume. Then I traded for Cain & Cain Abby's. Wow. The music...even at higher volumes...wow. You gotta find the match, it's out there.
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charles1dad
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Mt10425,
How efficient/sensitive are your Cain and Cain speakers?
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
95db. I listen to rock, folk, jazz, Sinatra-era vocalists, c&w (wife's choice). Room is 17 x 35, vaulted ceilings. Listening to Van 'Too late to stop now'. Earlier, MC5, Seger,
sarcher30
596 posts
 
IMO Vienna Acoustic speakers are not tube friendly at all. If you can borrow a tube amp you will hear what I mean. The tonal balance will be off because of the impedance swing of the speakers. If you can get one with a free trial then it might be worth a shot.
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