Di ka nag-SMS, Manila ka pala. Doc, palagi namanloaded ang wallet mo.
will ping you when i re-visit kuya Andrew at Kinetic Audio Technologies shop, brother Nelson
Hi bass_nut, I'm also thinking of that kind of setup using big radio transmitting DHTs, however due to space constraint and the burden of bringing those heavy weights overseas, that restricts me. Hopefully, I could have a similar setup but using 845's in parallel SE like the Audio Note GakuOn (instead of 211) zero feedback mono triode power amplifiers.
The first time I heard a 211 monoblocks was in 2005, the Jolida Envoy. Nice amp but I prefered the warm presentation of AMX-Kinetic built amplifiers (no bias here), I almost got a CJ overseas here but I find it HiFi sounding, the same as with the Jolida and Cayin-Spark Audio. I am iliterate in electronics, can't even read an schematic diagram, long forgoten the Ohms Law but I guessed I know how to listen...I remember my old friend in Tampa, he has this line "Hey Dude...It's Music...Not Hifi" ...Anyhow, congrats again for having those awesome-looking Three-Element Firebottle power house, regards
indeed, its the music which should be rendered as faithful as possible by audio gears, as preferred by the listener (music enthusiast)
kuya Andrew knows we like the performance of Mullard el34, 6L6, 211, 12AT7, 12ax7, Hitachi 6SN7 and Russian 6n1P.. no musical note should be recessed nor over-emphasized... he is aware we like flexible and capable audio gears that will satisfy our SQ preference.
our recent visits to kuya Andrew's shop was very fruitful and so encouraging, brother Signal2Noise. the Master shared to us detailed history (from the 1930s' to present days) of each tube we mentioned. electrons flowing through the innards of each tube and how these affect final SQ. he mention specific dates, names and companies responsible regarding the development of each tube (and their variants) and the techniques used. it was like traveling back in time. hence, we now appreciate more these relatively tiny electric bottles as applied to audio gears.
did i say he discussed in length the tiny parts of each tube and how these affect SQ ? through kuya Andrew we also learned the history of the two useful forms of electricity and how these evolved into what we knew them now.
each question we asked him he replied in an easy to understand manner. a lot we learned kaya nakaka-addict bisitahin ang Master.
Jolida Envoy mono amps pushed me to go big amps. tunog s/s amps na very muscular and revealing. hence, kuya Andrew started our 211 mono amps project his ways, from blank sheets of paper to actual working units. he explained to us in detail the difference of these beasts. mine has huge knob (gain adjustment) located at the right side of the faceplate.. a smallish analog meter to show status of the tubes performance.. and a few more features. i am so amazed and so satisfied but our kuya Andrew was not yet satisfied. he wants more spacious soundstage and thicker (more unfolding) mids.. he will do some more refinements on his work.
on same line, the Master is on to some new products. we are already excited to audition his upcoming new implementations.