Killer 300b amps

Petro85 said:
i have spoke with someone at zu , cant remember his name off hand. he told me the zu's had a little issue running on the 8w sophias in the past. he didnt say what it was but he said he couldnt recommend it until he heard further with their newer models.
thats what turned me off of zu, because the sophias will make an appearance at my place eventually. but the 15w carys would do the job i bet.
im looking into a baby sophia right now. its a tiny 10w integrated, but i want to use it for a preamp, which the people at sophia tell me is doable. and it will also give me a great 10w option to run by itself into the cornwalls. i buy it for $900 and they give me 2 weeks to decide if i want to keep it. not too bad.
i dont see my cary ever running out of juice into these cornwalls. so loud right now i can barely type. ok back to stevie wonder!!!
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Why buy it at all? It's cheap and won't have good transformers. For SET, that's the most important component. and probably is a passive volume control. I've owned Sophia Electrics btw. You can PM as to my experience. His pricing has gone nuts on the higher end stuff.
 
How about the JJ 322 Set 300B ? I found one for sale in area .

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AJ - I have lots of good push-pull amps. I really want to try a SET and a Pass SIT. :)


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Keith - I read that you owned the SIT-1's, but found the sound "weird". Can you explain?


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Hi Scot - welcome!!!! I do like Border Patrol (especially when paired with Volti).


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Mike said:
AJ - I have lots of good push-pull amps. I really want to try a SET and a Pass SIT. :)


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Gotcha. Just remember typical SEs are going to be much more system dependent, IOW, non-transferable. It might sound as good in your system as someone raves about in theirs...or not. As noted previously, John Cs specific system architecture creates a lot of immunity from that variation, but is highly unusual.
No harm in starting the merry-go-round of SETs though, plenty nice ones out there...:)

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BorderPatrol makes some crazy-good amps, and the paralleled one has enough juice to do bad things with most speakers. But I like my SET. 8 watts and almost 200 lbs of iron and copper. Crazy.

Thanks for letting me play. I've been clicking in and out for almost a year, but I never have time to do more than dip.

Cheers, all.
 
I love my 300b amps. I find beautiful mid's and absolutely no loss in high's or bass.
i am a a Shindo fan but regardless of what 300b amp you decide on proper pairing is the key.
When going the low watt 300b route it is so important to make sure everything matches properly.
When done right it is audio magic. Unfortunately many try to reinvent the concept and fail miserably. They never quite get it. Too bad.
 
NOLG4EVR said:
I love my 300b amps. I find beautiful mid's and absolutely no loss in high's or bass.
i am a a Shindo fan but regardless of what 300b amp you decide on proper pairing is the key.
When going the low watt 300b route it is so important to make sure everything matches properly.
When done right it is audio magic. Unfortunately many try to reinvent the concept and fail miserably. They never quite get it. Too bad.
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JJ. I really liked your set up. Wish I can have a chance to hear them with my speakers.
 
BlueMcIntosh said:
JJ. I really liked your set up. Wish I can have a chance to hear them with my speakers.
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My amps may not be the best for your speakers. Even though your speakers are high efficiency they may not work well with Shindo.
The construction of the paper and complicated cross overs may not be the best fit.
I think Tannoy recommends at least 50 watts minimum. They usually display their speakers with high wattage SS amps.
your mc 275's are probably better.
SET work well in many systems but synchronicity is key.
enjoy your speakers, can't wait to hear them.
 
NOLG4EVR said:
My amps may not be the best for your speakers. Even though your speakers are high efficiency they may not work well with Shindo.
The construction of the paper and complicated cross overs may not be the best fit.
I think Tannoy recommends at least 50 watts minimum. They usually display their speakers with high wattage SS amps.
your mc 275's are probably better.
SET work well in many systems but synchronicity is key.
enjoy your speakers, can't wait to hear them.
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Only reason they pair them with SS at the show is due to so many Tannoy owners are pair them with tube amps and they trying to show people how they work well with SS amp as well so SS amp owners can purchase their speakers.

So far with the Allnic 300B SET amps works extremely well with 10 watts. I can't even go more than 7:30 to 8 o'clock position on my pre amp. I don't doubt the Shindo will make them sing.

I just wish more Shindo dealers around here. Sigh.
 
NOLG4EVR said:
I love my 300b amps. I find beautiful mid's and absolutely no loss in high's or bass.
i am a a Shindo fan but regardless of what 300b amp you decide on proper pairing is the key.
When going the low watt 300b route it is so important to make sure everything matches properly.
When done right it is audio magic. Unfortunately many try to reinvent the concept and fail miserably. They never quite get it. Too bad.
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Hoping to hear the D'Yquiems at Pitch Perfect Greenhaus this weekend...
 
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