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Hello,
I have the Volti Audio Lucera speakers, has anyone used the Alan Eaton 45 or 2A3 amp with the Volti speakers and looking for your thoughts…
I have been using the First Watt Sit4 so was wondering if anyone compared the First Watt amps to,the Eaton amps..
Thanks,
 
I've used several of their amps and tried them with the Volti.

The AE 45's are the best sounding 45 amps I've heard at any price and their mono blocks are my reference 45 amps.

Just be sure you know what you are getting into with 45's: it's a more intimate sound but full of emotional shading and insight.

The 2A3 sounds much larger and more dynamic than the 45 tube as it's twice the power.

Still the 45 has a magic no one can touch (though a great 2A3 amp and tube comes close).

So if you can live within what a 45 tube does, there is no better sounding 45 amp on the market that I have heard.

As a reference I use it with my beloved tobian 12FH's which are 97dB.
 
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Well, look, with high-efficiency speakers, like your Alan Eaton 45/2A3, it's more likely to sound more organic and lively. Whereas the First Watt SIT-4 is cleaner and more controlled. So of course most people will hear a bigger difference with the Eaton if they want that classic tube realism.
 
carmelitawert said:
Well, look, with high-efficiency speakers, like your Alan Eaton 45/2A3, it's more likely to sound more organic and lively. Whereas the First Watt SIT-4 is cleaner and more controlled. So of course most people will hear a bigger difference with the Eaton if they want that classic tube realism.
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It's also a different sound (also what do you mean "cleaner?")

I have found all the Pass / First Watt's I've ever had here to sound a bit slow and lathargic. They lack the expressive realism that great tubes and greatly even great other gear can have.

The best Class A I've heard to date was the Luxman that was much more expressive and engaging than anything Pass has ever made - in my completely personal opinion.

Having said that I've still never been impressed enough with any Class A that I kept what I bought and have sold every single Class A piece I have ever bought and never missed them for one second. Again - completely personal opinion.
 
Thanks Michaels HiFi, we are lucky to have your opinion being you get to test so much different gear. You just shot off to the moon and never coming back which solid state and tube amp would you take for your high efficiency speakers?…
 
If you want clean and controlled Class A listen to the Esoteric. The digital seems to overshadow the amps but they are equally as good IMO.
 
Mr Peabody said:
If you want clean and controlled Class A listen to the Esoteric. The digital seems to overshadow the amps but they are equally as good IMO.
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I've heard really good things about their Class A.

And I will also say their TEAC Class D is among the best Class D I've heard, and I am no fan of Class D.
 
Michaels HiFi said:
I've used several of their amps and tried them with the Volti.

The AE 45's are the best sounding 45 amps I've heard at any price and their mono blocks are my reference 45 amps.

Just be sure you know what you are getting into with 45's: it's a more intimate sound but full of emotional shading and insight.

The 2A3 sounds much larger and more dynamic than the 45 tube as it's twice the power.

Still the 45 has a magic no one can touch (though a great 2A3 amp and tube comes close).

So if you can live within what a 45 tube does, there is no better sounding 45 amp on the market that I have heard.

As a reference I use it with my beloved tobian 12FH's which are 97dB.
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Hi all,
Anyone here try to upgrade signal capacitors in Alan Eaton 45 or 2A3? I have take the gut image of these amps but have no clue which one is signal cap. If anyone here can help
Thanks
 
Thuan98 said:
Hi all,
Anyone here try to upgrade signal capacitors in Alan Eaton 45 or 2A3? I have take the gut image of these amps but have no clue which one is signal cap. If anyone here can help
Thanks
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You may want to reach out to them and ask them what you are thinking of trying. I was just speaking with them about cap values and such last week. They may have already tried what you are thinking and can share with you what it will do to the sound.
 
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