Wow, something must be wrong with it. Of all the descriptors I can come up with, Harsh isnt one of them. What speakers?
Russellc
AJ mono-blocks...for now!. F3 in the Queue. F4 in the batter's box. Did i say AJ, I meant AA! I can quit any time.
Aleph 3 for small room
Aleph 2 for big room
It all went down hill after the Aleph series.
🙂 🙂 🙂 just kidding.
Aleph 2 for big room
It all went down hill after the Aleph series.
🙂 🙂 🙂 just kidding.
Update 2: Here are the results !
F3 - 3
h_a
Vix (ZV9)
Ryssen
F5 - 4
anilva
Russellc
vdi_nenna
ramallo
AJ - 2
OllBoll
buzzforb
Leading Amp: F5
F3 - 3
h_a
Vix (ZV9)
Ryssen
F5 - 4
anilva
Russellc
vdi_nenna
ramallo
AJ - 2
OllBoll
buzzforb
Leading Amp: F5
In the spectrum of smoothness (Keith Stone....You're so smooth!) the
F3 takes the cake. Then J2 and AJ. On the less forgiving side, the F5.
😎
I can't wait to finish my F3... couldn't find any machine oil for tapping last night!
A pair of homebuilt SQ-50 C2 http://www.valutronic.se/SQ-50C2.html, it was mostly suttle but in one of my tracks it wasn't.
If I remember correctly it was especially the trumpets in the track where the F5 sounded harsh, calling attention to the music and not blending into the background like the AJ did.
Although none of them came close to my previous amp in harshness, a non Class A amp which by reviews is awesome but didn't even come close to either the F5 or the AJ, hooked up the AJ to one speaker and the old amp to the other, matched volume then played with the channel balance slider back and forth and was blown away with the difference 😱
I curse every P design, all that time could have been spent on so many other things.
There, now haul in the next one.
F999, far more magical numbers.
There, now haul in the next one.
F999, far more magical numbers.
I tried the F5 with my ESL 2805 and with a Apogee Stage and works well (Not enough power).
Update 3: Here are the results !
F3 - 4
h_a
Vix (ZV9)
Ryssen
Nelson Pass
F5 - 4
anilva
Russellc
vdi_nenna
ramallo
AJ - 2
OllBoll
buzzforb
Leading Amp: It's a tie ! F3 and F5
F3 - 4
h_a
Vix (ZV9)
Ryssen
Nelson Pass
F5 - 4
anilva
Russellc
vdi_nenna
ramallo
AJ - 2
OllBoll
buzzforb
Leading Amp: It's a tie ! F3 and F5
Interesting Poll.
I'm quite tickled with the older Zen amps. My favorite, which led to a ton of tinkering, was the ZV7. I learned more from that differential, choke loaded design than any other project. Of course, now that I take time to ponder, the Aleph X was a blast too. Oh dear, the original Zen was fun because she was my first step into the world of Class A. That's the amp for which I fabricated my first 75 lb DIY heat sink and chassis, and the amp that, because of it's low power, gave me a reason to design and tinker around with my paper mache horns. Geeze, in hindsight, I owe a ton to Nelson.
I'm quite tickled with the older Zen amps. My favorite, which led to a ton of tinkering, was the ZV7. I learned more from that differential, choke loaded design than any other project. Of course, now that I take time to ponder, the Aleph X was a blast too. Oh dear, the original Zen was fun because she was my first step into the world of Class A. That's the amp for which I fabricated my first 75 lb DIY heat sink and chassis, and the amp that, because of it's low power, gave me a reason to design and tinker around with my paper mache horns. Geeze, in hindsight, I owe a ton to Nelson.
Haven't tried this, but a F5 with lateral MOSFETS should sound cleaner than the IRFP240 version.
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