Colin Posted September 19, 2001 Share Posted September 19, 2001 I'll bet it sounds good, HORNS love tubes! I have an very old Blaupunkt radio with an EL34 tube and it has that natural sounding mid-range too. Keep us posted... ------------------ horns, tubes, subs, leather couch & female vocalists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 They also love SS! Used an Adcom GFA-585 Limited Edition with Khorns(even bought the fan kit which "never" kicked in), now using individual Marantz MA700 mono block amps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prana-Bindu Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 Earlier you had asked about old Luxman gear: My previous amp was a Luxman LV-117 integrated amp (not the hybrid model -- it was all ss). However, it was driving RF-3's, never KHorns, so please accept my observations with reservations. Compared to the tube gear I'm currently using (VTL IT-85), the Luxman was too bright (harsh even). It wasn't as detailed, and everything seemed smeared together (again, comparing to the VTL). The soundstage was big enough, but not very stable. I bought the Luxman around 1990, and I was told by a salesman once that the LV-117 came out right before some significant technological advances were adopted by the industry; whatever that means.... The bass handling was great on the Luxman (I, too, listen to a lot of rock), but its tightness wasn't worth the other deficiencies. I don't know about newer Luxman gear, but I'd stay away from the older stuff. For the price, you can do much better. The only other SS gear I've had a chance to audition extensively is the Audio Refinement Complete integrated amp. Very dynamic, tight all around, huge and solid soundstage, very detailed. A very musical sound that was allegedly designed to approach the warmth of tubes, but it made some very harsh sounds with the tweeter horn on my RF-3's. Now that I've gone the way of the tube, I wouldn't go back to SS if you paid me. Good luck with your decision. ------------------ May the bridges we burn light our way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted October 24, 2001 Author Share Posted October 24, 2001 I've recently got a new amp,and what a amp!!! It's RCA monoblocks with 2 KT66 each side,and it's made around 1960..It sounds so amazingly good that I have to wonder what the heck companies these days are doing..Are we going backwards? Play that funky music! Rune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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