adamslim;161466 Wrote: > There's nothing wrong with your choice of amp; my main point is that > your 601s wouldn't be getting the best out of it. > > My old Snell Type Es were perfect for that kind of valve amp, and they > went for just over £100 on ebay (good job I got my Living Voices for a > song too!) - all old Snells are great with valves. And it seems they > don't command much on ebay! > > But speakers are deeply personal. I think you can't go too far wrong > with anything from Dynaudio and Harbeth, but speakers all have a > character - much more so than most other components - so my steak might > be your offal. Or my venison your lamb. I like this image :) > > I have a chinese amp (a Ming-Da) driving a pair of Harbeth HLP3-ES > speakers in my kitchen system which sound great too. It doesn't go > that loud (the Harbeths are quite low sensitivity), but it's plenty for > my small kitchen. > > Adam
I'd be wary of pairing Dynaudios with a low power tube amp as they like power and a lot of it. I listened to some that sounded_really_good, but the amp was a KT-88 based PP design that had a lot of oomph. -- ob_kook SB2 --> Axiom passive pre --> Portal Paladin monoblocks --> Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MKII ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ob_kook's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
