Martin-Logan/Audio Research combo=Good?

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Originally Posted by PaulRS

Sure. I have used both Aerius and now Montis, both love tubes much better than solid state. A friend of mine drove his CLXs with ARC amps, also with great results. Modern tube designs tend to handle dynamics better- they sound faster with better resolution. This compliments a quality ESL- really shows off their strengths.

Originally Posted by PaulRS

How so? I think the sonic advantages of using tubes are well understood in both high-end and professional audio. As well as engineering theory of why that's the case.

Ok, I quoted your original post to which I commented on.

1) saying that Logans 'love tubes much better than SS' is fundamentally wrong in the manor to which the two types of amplification operate. Do you understand what a stat panel really is and what it presents to an amplifier ? While you as an individual my love what tubes do (all well and good, so do I) saying so in general terms, not so much.

2) as for tube designs 'handling dynamics better' , again, a general statement with no fundamental backing. 80% of the music we listen to lies within mid-range freq an area where tubes tend to shine (warmth, euphoric distortion, call it what you want), when you get to the dynamic extremes, tube characteristics allow the softer rolloff up top and tend to loose grip down below. The better designed and built amps minimize this as do the better SS amps even more-so

3) as for 'sonic advantage' , a personal opinion that really lies within the bounds of speaker selection, room set up, music choices, etc. Again, your opinion to which you're entitled, I just take exception with the 'general' nature of it.

For the record, tubes have been in and a part of my various system iterations for well over thirty years.