Integrated amp for magneplanar 1.6s

[Poultrygeist]

"The biggest conformation of this is reports from audiophiles who used to have several hundred watts and many thousands of dollars invested in show winning audio gear, but now report that even a good 2 watt SET on efficient speakers has better dynamics and weight which they find simply amazing. If you've ever observed how audiophiles rotate through audio gear during their lifetime you might also find it interesting that the ones who finally land on SET amps and good speakers seldom find anything they like better."

Steve Decket probably knew this many years before this quote but it took years longer for me and lots of wasted money along the way.

[Feanor]

"The biggest conformation of this is reports from audiophiles who used to have several hundred watts and many thousands of dollars invested in show winning audio gear, but now report that even a good 2 watt SET on efficient speakers has better dynamics and weight which they find simply amazing. If you've ever observed how audiophiles rotate through audio gear during their lifetime you might also find it interesting that the ones who finally land on SET amps and good speakers seldom find anything they like better."

Steve Decket probably knew this many years before this quote but it took years longer for me and lots of wasted money along the way.

I hope you're not suggesting, Poultry, that I, after 40+ years of flipping equipment will come around to tubes, single-driver, and vinyl?1? Maybe some just get old & tired and want listen to something smooth and inocuous will they sip their scotch and read a book. Well I'm old & tired but I'm still interested in accurate sound.

Hahaha! I had just had a vision of Florian, (still a young man), selling his Apogee Grands and his Krell amps to kick back with a SET and Fostex speakers. Who knows, eh?

BTW, don't suggest I'm not familiar with bad s/s equipment. In my ignorance, I once lived for a number of years with a Phase Linear 400 amp. Despite being on most TAS writers' list of 10 Most Significant Amplfiers, the device encorporated every vice ever attributed to solid state.