The best three audio advice I have received till date are as follows:
The third advice however stayed with me. Biggest challenge apart from cost was space. The SET 300b Amplifier cannot be more than 8-inch in height from bottom to OPT to fit in my rack. Similarly, the HE FR Alnico or Field Coil cant be deep or ugly or large since I have lack of space and my listening space doubles as our living space.
After over almost 8 months of intense ransacking, frustration and waiting, I finally found:
Its been just a day and breaking in will take a good month or so, but this combo of Alnico Full range + DHSET Amp (300b) + my NOS R2R Dac is playing my loved genre of music with such ease and finesse. There is this seduction to midrange I always craved. I hope it will only improve from here.
This has been quite a journey of almost 8 months. I had almost abandoned this idea given the room constraints, cost etc. etc.. But as they say, when there is a will there is way.
Sharing some pics to showcase what I wrote above.
Thanks for looking
- One man’s organic is another man’s muffled.
- You cant get a perfect system but you can build a perfect system for your music preference. Chase that; and
- If you love jazz, Ghazal, simple music and likes, find a High efficiency Full range Alnico/Field Coil driver and pair it with a DHSET Amp (300b preferred) and a NOS R2R DAC. There lies the magic.
The third advice however stayed with me. Biggest challenge apart from cost was space. The SET 300b Amplifier cannot be more than 8-inch in height from bottom to OPT to fit in my rack. Similarly, the HE FR Alnico or Field Coil cant be deep or ugly or large since I have lack of space and my listening space doubles as our living space.
After over almost 8 months of intense ransacking, frustration and waiting, I finally found:
- Mr Kunte of Bombay, who by use of mini sized OPT’s imported from Japan was able to deliver me a SET AMP which could fit my rack. Still unfinished but in working condition [chassis finalization pends]. Point to point wiring. He is always available to solve a issue if ever it arose. Power Tube: 300b and 2A3 switchable. Driver is ECC88 and likes. Input is pentode triode Ef86. I got myself Elrogs and Mullards and Valvo NOS tubes for Power, driver and input.
- Mr Louis Chocos of Omega Loudspeakers, who helped me get my Full Range Alnico Speaker (Junior Alnico XRS) in a gorgeous handmade wooden cabinet which is beautiful, slim, tall and adequately sized to deliver the soundstage I was after. Feels an honest 95db sensitive as per the spec.
Its been just a day and breaking in will take a good month or so, but this combo of Alnico Full range + DHSET Amp (300b) + my NOS R2R Dac is playing my loved genre of music with such ease and finesse. There is this seduction to midrange I always craved. I hope it will only improve from here.
This has been quite a journey of almost 8 months. I had almost abandoned this idea given the room constraints, cost etc. etc.. But as they say, when there is a will there is way.
Sharing some pics to showcase what I wrote above.
Thanks for looking
