Mga Bosing,
i'd like to have your opinion kung ano ang mas efficient overall ,ang SS ba o Tube Amp.
i'm planning to buy one , but first i would like to understand the theory behind this 2 amps.
Learning from expert opinions will help me a lot about having the final decision.Ibig ko sabihin eh from your experience pa lang marami na kong matututunan.
Mga Sir ang alam ko lang kasi eh makinig pero bukod dun wala na akong alam about this 2 amps.
Thanks!
I go back to his question: ... mas efficient ...?
Why do you have to leave the new amps - the digital breed - the third force.
The digital revolution now centers in the amplifier. The cheap introduction of T-amp
, the cheap sharp
and teac digital-based
micro and component system are now being hotly reviewed by high-end users of tube amps and SS gears ( the 6 moons, the TNT audio, etc etc). And from their conclusions, it can be inferred that digital species is about to challenge the high price tag of equivalent or near equivalent tubes. THD talks in trained listeners, even hi end tube users, matters only second
- the first is to audition performance
.
And digital, if efficiency is the subject, is the best that the present time offers.
And also cheap - T-amp being USD 20 (stereo) street price in the US. and nowhere you can find a stock because almost the wind of audiophilia world is toward this small cheap wonder.
But economics will always come in the way of preference.
For a tube amp, especially the SET, at 1 or 2 watts, will require not only a hi-sensitivity speaker, but one that will perform well to the listening person. They are the worst in efficiency (electrically).
(I wonder what he really meant for "efficient"
) And the cost of this SET and the matching speaker will dwarf your 25k budget
- not unless you know what you are asking for. For a SET and and a hi-sensitivity full-range are themselves not absolute perfect - you have to sort the pretenders from the performers
. Your OWN RISK to loose 25k and no real sonic gained.
Of course you can go the digital amp (the most efficient - again
) if you source the rated one, and the savings added to a hi-sensitivity good speakers.
Other boutique integrated transistor amps with a good speaker ranges from cheap to as high as SET/hi-sensitive speaker depending on your aesthetic, sonic preferences. Better effieciency than valves (again
). They are as hungry for your money as the SET/Hi-sensitive speakers.
There are transistor-based amps (op-amps) do not have those hated odd-harmonics anymore, and some articles dealing with valve/transistor amps differences are unearthed from archives already 10 years old
and already outdated by technology upheavel
.
In the end, you have to make up the sound that you want in your head, go out and do your OWN assignment to audition - and finally, COUNT your TOTAL cost before you plunge into the unknown - so you will not be SURPRISED on what you will utimately get!