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Transmitter Tube SET. What Are Your Overall Experiences?

In the past I have been a 300B owner, and had amplifiers from Electra Print and Art Audio. However, I bought a pair of JBL 4365 speakers and discovered they were not SET friendly, well at least to 300B amps.

I experimented a bit here and there. Have found that a First Watt F7 works well with them at 25 wpc. Had good results with a Musical Fidelity NuVista M3 integrated, which is a hybrid. Currently have a pair of AVM Audio AMP Essential monoblocks installed, and they are a high power SS design that sounds good though with the JBL.

But I have been a tube guy for most of my life, and feel like I would like to return to the fold. The JBL are 93 dB efficient, but need a bit more current than a standard 300B amp can provide. The two options I have seem to be an amp with parallel 300B tubes or transmitter tube.

I am a person of modest means, so the top end transmitter tube amps are probably out of my reach. I do remember that Bel Canto used to make an 845 based amp that was reasonably priced. I also see that Cary has a couple of amps based on 805 and 211 tubes that can be had for sane money off the pre-owned market. I think ASL had an 845 based amp. Then there are offerings from companies in East Asia such as the PSVane amplifier.

The questions are

In general how do transmitter tubes present music compared to a 300B or other tube amps?

How do transmitter tube based amps work with speakers requiring higher current levels, not necessarily low impedance loads but have large woofers that need to be controlled?

How are they in terms of maintenance and longetivity?

Do you have any experiences of observations to relate on the Cary amps, and the Bel Canto? With the Chinese ones being a wild card.

Thanks for any info you can pass along.



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Topic - Transmitter Tube SET. What Are Your Overall Experiences? - Mister Pig 08:28:26 09/5/21 (140)
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