Well... that's sounds practical and makes sense. A little too much sense if you ask me
I say this mantra all the time 
It's not about NEED, it's WANT 
Repeat 10 times every hour and you'll see the light 
I could see myself building this amp way in excess, then justifying that as reason to go build some new speakers, (or get a home with more room)
Seriously though -- I don't think I want it to be constrained by other equipment since I plan on constantly building, tweaking, adding more stuff, getting rid of other stuff ... well you get the idea. For now, it's a small room with either some ~88dB DIY bookshelfs or a pair of MMGs.
ok, with those 88dB small speakers i would go for aleph or alephx.
If you plan to build large speakers (the real speakers!) large listening room, a house thats large enough for real speakers playing real music, more larger speakers, larger room, and so on... (as i do)
I would build a ZEN. And one more ZEN, and tri amping ZENs, then maybe a small alephx for bass and ZEN for treble, and so on...
If you plan to build large speakers (the real speakers!) large listening room, a house thats large enough for real speakers playing real music, more larger speakers, larger room, and so on... (as i do)
I would build a ZEN. And one more ZEN, and tri amping ZENs, then maybe a small alephx for bass and ZEN for treble, and so on...
Aleph is good.
rif,
Having built all of them, I would recommend the aleph 5 as well. I still love my ZEN but can't play it loud enough for my speakers ~87db.
The aleph 5 has most of the challenges that the aleph x has but is no where near as sensitive to mismatched devices and generates alot less heat.
The risk vs. reward is much better. The reward for a well built aleph 5 is pure bliss.
the aleph x is more pure bliss but not a quantum leap for the amount of effort and money spent.
If you build an aleph 5 vs aleph x you could take te extra money and build a real nice bal line stage.
Scott
rif,
Having built all of them, I would recommend the aleph 5 as well. I still love my ZEN but can't play it loud enough for my speakers ~87db.
The aleph 5 has most of the challenges that the aleph x has but is no where near as sensitive to mismatched devices and generates alot less heat.
The risk vs. reward is much better. The reward for a well built aleph 5 is pure bliss.
the aleph x is more pure bliss but not a quantum leap for the amount of effort and money spent.
If you build an aleph 5 vs aleph x you could take te extra money and build a real nice bal line stage.
Scott
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