Lately I've been toying with a little SMSL SA-S3 and am quite impressed. These inexpensive little chip amps offer an absolutely tremendous value!
I've also been playing with a tpa3110 based sure board (a whopping $10) and am amazed at how much performance can be had for so little $$.
While they are not the be-all end-all of amplifiers, if you can ignore their lack of features, they really are great sounding little units. I'd be willing to guess you could fool many experienced listeners into believing they are listening to rather expensive pieces of kit.
I've also been playing with a tpa3110 based sure board (a whopping $10) and am amazed at how much performance can be had for so little $$.
While they are not the be-all end-all of amplifiers, if you can ignore their lack of features, they really are great sounding little units. I'd be willing to guess you could fool many experienced listeners into believing they are listening to rather expensive pieces of kit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZypP9vON8JU
have a listen to this guy! sounds amazing on the 10P's with tube power
have a listen to this guy! sounds amazing on the 10P's with tube power
Update on amp and speaker combos
the Decware Super Zen with the great 6922 signal tube at 2.3 watts into 4 ohms per channel
SMOKES the other amplifiers
the RWA Signature 15 now resides in Winnipeg
the Sun Audio 300B with Western Electric 300B's is going bye bye as well
these Mark Audio 10P's are simply sublime in all aspects!
Thanks to all on this forum for assisting in the discovery of my new reference transducers!
Cheers!
have a listen to this guy! sounds amazing on the 10P's with tube power
Those drivers in the video aren't the 10p's. They are either 10.2's or 10.3's, most likely the former judging by the post date.
jeff
Embarrassing to say, not yet -actually it's becoming much more difficult for us to find the time to get any amp / preamps built - I'm personally becoming more "Brinseian"* in that regard - you want half a dozen small speaker enclosures by next weekend - no problem ; finish that tube amp rebuild sitting on my bench for the past 3yrs - oops, gotta go
* (did I just coin a word?) .
- you want half a dozen small speaker enclosures by next weekend - no problem ; finish that tube amp rebuild sitting on my bench for the past 3yrs - oops, gotta go * (did I just coin a word?) .
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