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In Reply to: RE: Help me pick SET monoblocks posted by MylesJ on August 20, 2017 at 14:52:53
93dB is hardly High Efficiency, so not ideal for low powered SETs. However, an SET with beefy output valves such as 845 will provide plenty of power.
I have Consonance Cyber 845 mono amps and they are rated at 28 watts, so plenty for most speakers. I use them with my Avantgarde horns (102 dB) but have tried them with Quad 2905 electrostatics (86 dB) where they sound good at low volume levels, but are not suitable as a match.
They cost probably double your budget, but a used pair could probably be found within your limit. They look great too!
Review here - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/1205/consonancecyber211.htm
6 Moone also gave a glowing review to the 16 watt 211 version - http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/norvinz/norvinz_2.html
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A 93dB speaker is quite sensitive. 8 watts will get you to 102dB, and assuming we have something like a zero feedback SET, and 8 watt amp will be capable of peaks that are much higher!
Interesting. The Tekton Lore, depending on how you test it, is somewhere between 90db and 98db sensitivity. I am driving them with a GemTune GS-01 at 8WPC into 8 ohms, 1 EL-34B per channel. I can tell when it's getting too loud, it's either my ears or the amp but by that time the RS meter (C/Fast)is peaking into the mid-90s, so, I back off. Wisely. So, yeah, I agree, 93db is pretty sensitive these days.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
Some Chinese tube amps have been found to make less than half their rated power, so that makes it even tougher to judge.
Ahh. No way to measure here. It did come with one bad driver, 6N9P. It took a little over three weeks to get a new free one from Chyna. Seems to work. Meantime, I got a pair of Tung-Sol re-issued 6SL7 from McShane and stumbled on a pair of Sylvanias, too. Not sure I can tell much diff. LOL. It's only throwing money down the rat hole of cheap amps, right?
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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