amplifier for orphean horns (Off Topic)

by unknown, Friday, December 01, 2006, 22:50 (6349 days ago) @ PeterSt.

Although it will be personal, I'm in the league of wanting to have mucho

headroom, just because I can hear it brings something for the better.
If you combine this with a just a tad too large room for a SE valve amp
(usually no more than 7 Watts) *and* my thinking that "distortion" is not
good anyway (no matter how much you might like the sound coming from it),
the chipamp is - or could be something as best of both worlds.

Hi Peter

This sentiment echoes how my system has evolved.

For years I lived with the sound of 300Bs (Audionote Meishu). It was lovely in all the classical SE areas, but I always had the feeling something was lacking.

By pure chance I got to listen to an EAR 861 (32 push-pull watts)
http://www.ear-yoshino.com/productdetails.asp?page=6&id=17.
Suddenly it all clicked in to place for me. The key improvements being the disappearance of the classical (SE) distortion and the introduction of a sound that is often described as effortless. I find it is this that makes the system relaxing and enjoyable.

Out went the Meishu and in came the EAR. Two years on, no regrets and never a thought to replace the EAR. Notionally it is grossly overpowered for the Lowthers DX4s in Hedlunds, but the answer lies in the word you used - headroom.

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