Enjoy listening Air Tight monoblock ATM-3211 
AIR TIGHT ATM-3211
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Boonyarat,
Beautiful setup! Question: have you ever tried your SRA stands in one of the HRS racks? I believe SRA design their isobases to be used in their own CRAZ racks...but i was wondering since you have both there in your listening room...if you have ever tried SRA isobase in the HRS rack?
I tried the SRA isobase on my wooden rack...and prefer putting it on top of my HRS M3X shelf which sits on the wooden rack.
Beautiful setup! Question: have you ever tried your SRA stands in one of the HRS racks? I believe SRA design their isobases to be used in their own CRAZ racks...but i was wondering since you have both there in your listening room...if you have ever tried SRA isobase in the HRS rack?
I tried the SRA isobase on my wooden rack...and prefer putting it on top of my HRS M3X shelf which sits on the wooden rack.
How do the ATM-3211s sound?Enjoy listening Air Tight monoblock ATM-3211
The last time I heard ATM-3211 monos was two weeks ago. They sound great as usual. Extremely powerful with authority and drive and also smooth without being edgy. Tubes were GE VT-4-C from 1940s. Those are one of the best amps around IMHO.
Airtight is neutral yet musical and has good drive.
Last time with Estellon diamond X and before that with Albedo, Stenheim and Avalon if I’m not mistaken.
The new 2211 monos also sound great. I heard them with Kharma exquisite midi 3.0 speakers and it was fabulous. New ones are very different than old Air Tight 211 monos which I tried at home 15 years ago. New 2211 monos are very powerful and smooth without being boring.
I've always had a mouth watering for the Absolare SETs but 52 watts is too risky. So I have been thinking about the Push-Pulls at 85 watts.
Would you please elaborate on why you feel the ATM-3211 (also a push pull) was more natural sounding than the Absolare Push-Pull?
I don’t know how to elaborate on that. When you listen you know. You are going to struggle to find any push pull amp of that wattage come close to a decent power watt triode amp, but you will need matching speakers. So for speakers like yours you need the 85 watt absolare (relative to 211s) and even the Absolare might not be sufficient
Does the CJ ART 108a (Triode?) amp work for y9u, Ron? Ked - is this really a triode in the way you were using the term above?
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Does the CJ ART 108a (Triode?) amp work for y9u, Ron? Ked - is this really a triode in the way you were using the term above?
ART27A and ART108A Amplifiers - conrad-johnson
The ART27A and ART108A are very special amplifiers designed for reference quality use by a limited number of discerning audiophiles.
That's not what I meant, I was referring to were triode tubes, KT88 is a pentode tube. Based on the description you linked they seem to have wired it in triode mode. I have no idea how that sounds.
2a3, 300b, 211 etc are different structure valves to pentodes. That said, the Mayer 46 I like is a tetrode valve wired in triode mode iirc.
I haven't heard a KT66/88/150 implementation I have liked.
I kinda thought that is more what you meant, but helpful to have the clarification. Thanks.
I thought the Airtight in munchen sounded really good ( cant remember the model )
My favourite power tube is probably the 6550 which i will try this year in my CAT.
I heard it in the VAC / Integrated amp and VTL
My favourite power tube is probably the 6550 which i will try this year in my CAT.
I heard it in the VAC / Integrated amp and VTL
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