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In Reply to: Those I mentioned are low powered tube amps posted by Stale on October 26, 2014 at 11:29:01:
I think that's one area where we can agree to disagree. Or perhaps its just so called system synergy in our particular setups.
I much preferred the AES/Cary SixPacs over the CJ Premier 11a even though both are excellent amps. The CJ may have been a tad more 3 dimensional with it's almost holograph soundstage..... but without much oomph in the slam department, I found it better suited for female vocals, smooth jazz, and the stuff that passes for music in elevators. Yeah, that was a low blow. The CJ was much better than that and I reserve the elevator music comment for the Levinson 383 I once owned. Talk about sleepy time boring. The Levinson 383 was like Brystons on Xanax... like a loud transistor radio with a pillow smothering it. ;-)
One of the interesting aspects of my comparison was that I found the modest 50wpc SixPacs to sound more robust, more dynamic, and 'alive' compared to the 70wpc rated CJ. The SixPacs were a lively pair of monoblocks always ready for a crashing change in dynamic contrast, something I felt was lacking in the CJ.
I don't consider my Tannoy speakers to be difficult, just 'real world' speakers. They're not high efficiency speakers for flea power SETs but anything in the 50wpc 'or so' range work well and 100wpc or more really make them come alive. My Thiels require more power and the SixPacss didn't cut it in the larger room I had when I was using the Thiel speakers.
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