#11
|
|||
|
|||
Honestly, because Matt promised I would love them more. And because Jules Coleman told me I should do it. And I just wanted to try it, made easier by the incremental trade in and because the markets have been so kind to me this year. . And they will drive the big Latours when I cross that bridge. It's interesting that all the primary tubes in the amp and preamp are now western electric, along with the step up being WE.
If you ever decide in the same way, let me know before you let go of your gm70's. I have a second system that will need an amp when installed! Yes the gm70s are tall tubes that run hot. I had my shelf made taller than normal. Yes, I am really lucky with my room. It's great. I wish I could convince alberto to stop by and listen some day as he is proximate. He could rate it on his delicious scale plus advise on any tweaks. Last edited by Freestone; 10-26-2013 at 11:00 AM. |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I was thinking a Cortese to drive a second pair of petites. Last edited by Freestone; 10-26-2013 at 11:21 AM. |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Nice.
|
#15
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Alberto |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
I will report and/or you can listen. I realized that I take an extreme amount of pleasure and relaxation listening to my albums. And there aren't that many areas of my life where I get so recharged - and hence even smaller improvements were worth it to me amortized over the years. This has been true for over a year now. I don't take similar enjoyment for example from my daily driver car. Only from enhancing relationships with my family and friends and intellectual pursuits and experiences. And this is my contemplative time which I thought it was worth exploring further. Otherwise I couldn't justify it.
|
#17
|
|||
|
|||
Swapping GM 70 for WE 300B
Hi Freestone.
I never heard a GM 70 but WE 300B I know very well. Use them myself in a pair of homegrown SET 300B amps a la WE 91, with WE 310A as driver. Very nice amps, but 300B is definitely not the best powertriode. European PX4 is also very recommendable. Of course, it also depends on topography of amps, biasing etc. Best powertriode I heard so far is WE 252A. Unfortunately these are extremely rare and extremely expensive, if you can find them. What I would really like to hear is a Shindo 300B amp with 300B´s replaced by WE 252A. I think that the sound simply would be to die for. |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
Freestone nice move.
|
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Freestone, I'm with Alberto. Congratulations. I'm looking forward to hearing your review. I'd dearly love to have the We300b's as well, and I'm jealous!
|
#20
|
|||
|
|||
Trouble maker.... Why are you encouraging us to desire the 300B's....
|
|
|
Audio Aficionado Sponsors | |