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In Reply to: RE: The KEF LS-50 has landed posted by morricab on December 16, 2013 at 01:34:12:
My OTO is a warm leaning sounding amp - this isn't that. To me tube amps bring different pros and cons to the table. I've heard KR and like any tube - the tube itself has a strength weakness. The OTO does things the Meishu and SORO (more expensive amps) don't do. EL84 magic but at the same time it's not the most transparent thing around.
Why does it have to be either or - why not have several amps in play and when the mood calls for a warmer touch have the warmer amp - when you want the rocker amp listen to that.
The OTO ain't going anyplace. As the dealer here noted - as great as the Jinro is he still has a KIT One 300B (balls to the wall upgraded) because for some things nothing beats the 300b at doing what it does best. On the flip side 300B ain't going to do what 845/211 is going to do.
On the dagogo forum I did a 219IA VS Melody AN211 amp shootout and I find the latter a little leaner and perhaps more modern sounding.
But as you know - stock tubes tend to limit what I can say about the 219IA and what speakers you have connected. With the ATC it sounded like a pro studio monitor with tight deep fast bass - the bass was impeccable. The ATC's are said to sometimes be a bit bright (a complaint leveled at most studio monitors when put in the home). I got extension in spades.
It is what it is. I think it's a pretty straight shooter. It's not veiled. It's not Shindo, It's not AN sounding - it's probably Western Electric sounding (which is way before my time) given the priorities of the brothers who run the company. If this is actually the case - then it was a sad day that Western Electric ended.
I want to say the sound is older school but I get the feeling saying that will imply noisy or veiled like a ST70 or something. There is zero noise - zero hum.
The kind of cool thing is to run this 1930s inspired amp on cutting edge 2013 KEF Blade drivers in the flexing box yada yada. Something like 80 year old technology mixed with the new.
I love audio.
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