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In Reply to: 3 favorite tube amps posted by Kindablue on October 19, 2011 at 06:43:01:
Dyna/GSI Stereo 70, or
VTL Compact 100's
Breathtaking on the Sequerra Met 7 Mk II's. Set on very rigid stands in a very large room, they threw an enormous sound stage. The Dyna/GSI had the best mids/top, and the VTL's were punchy like crazy, with an astonishing bottom end.
Bottlehead Crack/Speedball
The best pre-Tannoy sound I've ever had when driving Senn 800's. With a Corda crossfeed circuit, listen to headphones all day.
Manley 120 monoblocks
Old-school: not the greatest bottom end, and a little soft up top, but a truly beguiling midrange in triode mode on Spica TC-50's with high-pass filter at about 80 Hz, crossed over to a powered sub.
Mac MC-75's on Infinity Servo-Statik 1's
The Doobie Brothers "Listen to the Music" on this combo (no lousy woofer, just the panels) even if you never listen to anything else. Used as nearfields - just sit on the floor a couple feet away.
Manley Snappers with Tannoy
These are still a revelation, every day, with every record I put on. Stare-em-down imaging, exquisite, realistic low-level detail, solid, fast bottom end (to mid-40's or so) dynamics and speed for days. This actually beats out the Crack/HD800 combo in every aspect. Wonderful at a whisper, frightening when loud. After forty years in this, I never expected gear to give me goosebumps, but this combo does, and does it often.
WW
"Put on your high heeled sneakers. Baby, we''re goin'' out tonight.
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