Wilson Alexia's

**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 10:22 AM

If there was ever a definitive argument for keeping the Alexia's, it was last night. Mc275's with a superb cocktail of NOS tubes, my heavily modified VAC preamp and the new Lumin S1. I'm not sure I've ever heard better sound in my room.

I still really want to play with low powered SET & OTL amps and some unique speaker designs, but oh my....the combo was sooooooooo sweet.

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**joeinid** · June 28, 2014, 10:32 AM

That's great Mike. I'd love to hear that setup.

**Petro85** · June 28, 2014, 11:05 AM

nice mike!!! there is nothing wrong with having a couple pairs of speakers in the same room to switch back and fourth between. im loving it right now. with the amps and the sources, you would have endless possibilities.

**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 11:25 AM

Steve - that is a distinct possibility.

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**dlb2** · June 28, 2014, 12:19 PM

Nothing like having a little quality listening time at the end of the day. I bet it sounds great!

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**MDP** · June 28, 2014, 12:45 PM

That's very cool Mike !!

**highEndguy** · June 28, 2014, 01:21 PM

happy for you
ENJOY

**joeinid** · June 28, 2014, 01:32 PM

Hi Nelson,

Have you heard Sasha2 yet?

Originally Posted by highEndguy

happy for you
ENJOY

**highEndguy** · June 28, 2014, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by joeinid

Hi Nelson,

Have you heard Sasha2?

Hi Joe,

The sound is very close to the Alexia's

**joeinid** · June 28, 2014, 02:57 PM

Uh oh. Thank you. That could be a contender.

Originally Posted by highEndguy

Hi Joe,

The sound is very close to the Alexia's

**KeithR** · June 28, 2014, 04:02 PM

Mike- any bites on the Alexias?

**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by KeithR

Mike- any bites on the Alexias?

Nope.

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**Paul** · June 28, 2014, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mike

Nope.

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It's a little thing but that straight answer tells who you are. Straight forward no playing around .!

**Ritmo** · June 28, 2014, 06:23 PM

Keep them Mike. They are outstanding speakers; once again, as you experienced last night.

**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Ritmo

Keep them Mike. They are outstanding speakers; once again, as you experienced last night.

You're right Mike. Just the right blend of bass punch, resolution, richness, sweetness and midrange bloom. I think if I had spun some vinyl with the ARC REF2SE, the ad would have come down!

I feel like buying the Strads and doing an in room shootout and keeping the winner (for my room). But I'm trying to hold off on doing that until I get my Spatials. For now, let's just say, things happen for a reason. The pair of Strads on Audiogon I'm eyeing is still there and I'm rediscovering the Alexia's with a superb tube combination. With a slight tweak on the 275's V3 and V5 tubes, I think I can dial them in perfectly.

**Jack** · June 28, 2014, 07:13 PM

Mike

Are you still using the Black Hole to help tame the room nodes? If so do you are Clayton think a second would help further.

**Paul** · June 28, 2014, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by Mike

With a slight tweak on the 275's V3 and V5 tubes, I think I can dial them in perfectly.

Please do share with me whatever you do

**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by BlueMcIntosh

Please do share with me whatever you do

Paul - the V3/V5 are the tubes that handle bass on the MC275's. With the Tesla tubes, I'm getting SS type bass. I may try to lighten that up a bit - FOR MY ROOM - with some Mullards or something.

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**mep** · June 28, 2014, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Mike

Paul - the V3/V5 are the tubes that handle bass on the MC275's. With the Tesla tubes, I'm getting SS type bass. I may try to lighten that up a bit - FOR MY ROOM - with some Mullards or something.

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Mike-I'm curious as to why you think the V3/V5 tubes "handle bass on the MC275's."

**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by mep

Mike-I'm curious as to why you think the V3/V5 tubes "handle bass on the MC275's."

Mark - when I spoke with Nikolay at Tube Maze, he told me on the 275 VI, the V3 and V5 tubes have the most impact on bass - and that's where to put the expensive Tesla E83CC tubes. Nikolay uses the 275's as his reference amps ("great amps with shit stock tubes"). He's tried every possible combination you could imagine. He said the Tesla tubes have strong, punchy, deep bass and need to be in V3/V5.

Are you aware of something different? I tried researching it and there was a lot of conflicting information. I'm going to confirm with him just to be sure.

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**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by Jack

Mike

Are you still using the Black Hole to help tame the room nodes? If so do you are Clayton think a second would help further.

Yes....it cuts the ringing in half. It won't "fix" a bass node....but it will help cut the time it rings.

I'm not sure if two would help. Maybe.

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**sharkmouth** · June 28, 2014, 09:40 PM

Mike, I think you've coined a new phrase "bass bunch"

No wonder you want to get rid of the Wilsons!

**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by sharkmouth

Mike, I think you've coined a new phrase "bass bunch"

No wonder you want to get rid of the Wilsons!

Ha! I fixed it.

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**Mike** · June 28, 2014, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by BlueMcIntosh

Please do share with me whatever you do

Paul - I swapped V2/V6 (Mullard's) with V3/V5 (Tesla's) tonight and the magic went away. Nikolay has really found the secret sauce.

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**Paul** · June 28, 2014, 11:44 PM

Thanks for update Mike

**socfan12** · June 29, 2014, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by Mike

If there was ever a definitive argument for keeping the Alexia's, it was last night. Mc275's with a superb cocktail of NOS tubes, my heavily modified VAC preamp and the new Lumin S1. I'm not sure I've ever heard better sound in my room.

I still really want to play with low powered SET & OTL amps and some unique speaker designs, but oh my....the combo was sooooooooo sweet.

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Very cool, Mike. Sounds like a great combo!

**mep** · June 29, 2014, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by Mike

Mark - when I spoke with Nikolay at Tube Maze, he told me on the 275 VI, the V3 and V5 tubes have the most impact on bass - and that's where to put the expensive Tesla E83CC tubes. Nikolay uses the 275's as his reference amps ("great amps with shit stock tubes"). He's tried every possible combination you could imagine. He said the Tesla tubes have strong, punchy, deep bass and need to be in V3/V5.

Are you aware of something different? I tried researching it and there was a lot of conflicting information. I'm going to confirm with him just to be sure.

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Mike-I have never heard that before with regards to small signal tubes being the ones that affect bass quality in a tube amp. Assuming a tube amp is a wide bandwidth design, the number one component that affects the bass quality in all parameters is the output transformer. Second after that IMO would be the output tubes themselves. Switching from anybody's KT-88 to a real NOS Genelex KT-88 is a real ear opener with regards to added bass extension. But now with the KT-120/KT-150 tubes, we just might have some new bass champions.

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