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RE: Help me pick SET monoblocks

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In Reply to: RE: Help me pick SET monoblocks posted by Caucasian Blackplate on August 29, 2017 at 11:08:32

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.

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RE: Help me pick SET monoblocks - Caucasian Blackplate 18:06:23 09/01/17 (1)
Some Chinese tube amps have been found to make less than half their rated power, so that makes it even tougher to judge.
- RE: Help me pick SET monoblocks - Travis 18:15:58 09/01/17 (0)
  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?
  
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