SET amp owners thread

[bonzo75]

Just requesting all SET amp owners to mention their amps and speakers.

 

[Legolas]

Aries Cerat Genus 25 watts SET with 2 x E280F and 2 x 813 tubes. Speakers: Zingali Client Evo 1.2s, 95dB efficient.

 

[spiritofmusic]

Nat Audio SE2SE 70W monos, using 1948 GE 211s, Zu Audio Definitions Mk4 w upgraded Lundahl transformers and Duelund caps, 101dB eff.

 

[Audiophile Bill]

Mayer 46 and 10Y - my own concoction of a speaker right now lol

 

[Steve williams]

Lamm ML3 Signature with Wilson X2 Series ll

 

[DaveC]

Currently I use a 6SL7 based voltage amp/driver with it's own power supply/chassis to an EL34 current amp with it's own power supply/chassis. The EL34 amp has some negative voltage gain due to the OPTs but the 6SL7 driver has plenty of gain. EL34 amp has a low-esr film cap power supply w/5AR4 rectifier.

Speakers are my own wide-range LeCleach horn with 15" woofer and super tweeter.

 

[Audiophile Bill]

Currently I use a 6SL7 based voltage amp/driver with it's own power supply/chassis to an EL34 current amp with it's own power supply/chassis. The EL34 amp has some negative voltage gain due to the OPTs but the 6SL7 driver has plenty of gain. EL34 amp has a low-esr film cap power supply w/5AR4 rectifier.

Speakers are my own wide-range LeCleach horn with 15" woofer and super tweeter.

Any photos of your speakers, Dave? Can you tell us about choice of drivers and crossover.

 

[DaveC]

Any photos of your speakers, Dave? Can you tell us about choice of drivers and crossover.

No, it looks worse than the prototype AF0 right now! I need to get the final prototypes built.

Drivers are my own, but most credit has to be given to Louis of Omega speakers. He's a very talented driver designer who helped with getting the FR right for the horn it's going in. It covers 400-15,000 Hz. It has no real xo, but uses a single cap to cut bass.

Tweeter is Fostex T500A MkII also with a single cap for xo.

Woofer is Acoustic Elegance TD15H+, which is basically an 18H+ with a 15" cone, the cone is stiffer and the motor is larger vs the regular 15H. It's run active w/ 24 dB xo.

 

[the sound of Tao]

A Line Magnetic Lm508ia (with either a Microzotl preamp or Shindo pre) into Pureaudioproject Pap horns or Harbeth 40.2s but not Magnepan 20.7s, well not yet at any rate... indecision is clearly a strong point here. I may yet modify the Pap horns, I would love to maybe modify the 20.7s with neodymium magnets, I wouldn’t change a thing on the Harbeth 40.2s...

 

[thomask]

Silbatone 300B 8W Set with original Western Electric 300B made in 1930's and Line Magnetic 508 48W SET with lot of tube rolling.

LM508 use sn7, sl7, 300b, 805.

 

[cjfrbw]

Stable currently in my possession:
Wavac MD 572b 50w x2ch integrated (two of these, plan to keep one and plan to sell one but have never got around to selling one yet).
Wavac MD 811 15w x2ch integrated (boxed for sale but never got around to selling it yet)
No Name 45/2A3/300b amp for foil tweeters in Pleasanton
No Name Generic 45/2A3 amp for foil tweeters in Santa Cruz

In past have had several 300b amps, a 6C33C single ended amp, an 805 single ended amp.

 

[CGabriel]

SET LOVE!

Ayon Crossfire Amplifier (30 watts)
Berning ZOTL-40 Amplifier
Luxman MQ300 (coming soon)

First Sound Paramount Deluxe Preamp (dual power supply)
Lampizator Pacific DAC/Pre (can be configured for SE or balanced)

Volti Vittora (104db/w)
PAP Quintet (Horn version)
- modified crossovers
- building custom layered bamboo baffles for them
Devore 0/96
Soundkaos Wave 42
Harbeth 40.2
- the Ayon drives them quite well
- the ZOTL not so much

 

[morricab]

Currently, I have the following:

JJ-322 parallel 300b with Aries Cerat Incito preamp driving Odeon Riggolettos

Aries Cerat Genus Integrated driving either Odeon La Bohemes or Dynamikks Monitor 10SLs.

MasterSound Dueundici (actually a SEP) driving Decware HDT single driver speakers.

Our listening room has Aries Cerat Diana Forte + AC Impera or Diana Integrated driving Dynamikks Monitor 12.18s.

Previous SET includes Ayon Crossfire III, Wall Audio Opus M50 monos, NAT Symbiosis SE (kind of a SET) and KR Audio VA350i.

 

[astrotoy]

I have ancient Cary 2A3 Signature Monoblocks (3.5w/ch with Psvane Treasure tubes) driving equally ancient Avantgarde Duos, both from the most recent fin de siecle.

Larry

 

[kernelbob]

I'm running a pair of Lampizator 211 True Balanced Monoblock amps. The amp only accepts a balanced input and there is no phase splitter. Essentially, each monoblock amp has two separate single ended amps. Each phase of the input feeds a separate 300B driving one 211 output tube. The outputs of the 211 tubes are combined in a single output transformer. No local or global feedback is used.

I'm biamping VSA VR100XS speakers with the 211 amps running the mids & tweeters. A pair of Spectron monoblocks drive the woofers and feed the XS subwoofers at the rear of the room. The 211 amps are spectacular on the M/T with no global or local feedback. The Spectrons have a very high damping factor that provides vice-like control of the woofers.

Best,
Kernelbob

 

[kodomo]

Line Magnetic 503pa mono block set amplifier. Coupling caps upgraded to top Duelund and signal resistors upgraded to Audio Note tantalum. Tubes are Takatsuki 274b rectifier, Psvane replica we300b plus, psvane replica we310a with psvane acme 845 on the way.

My set amps drive 4 channels of horns playing from 120hz and over (120hz-500hz / 500hz-5000hz / 5000hz-12000hz / 12000hz-20000hz). Lower channels (4xTad 1601b woofers for 40hz-120hz and a full size tapped horn for 20hz-40hz) are driven by 3 ss amps.

 

[Dimfer]

GM70 PSET built by a friend, 60 wpc

 

[perart1]

Very simple system: Tron Discovery GT 300B with We 300b/sophia Electric Royal Princess, driving a pair of Horning Eufrodite MkIV speakers.

 

[carolus]

Happy owner & in home brew:
Magnificient SE300B (Full music.B Mesh/2C51 Western E./EMC274B/LL7901/LL1623/4,5W before clipping).
Driving pair 5 way horn (EV Patrician IV/WE66A/Iwata2"/Iwata1"/Beyma ... passif X-over LR12dB/oct)
Karel

 

[etunes]

Air Tight 300b Anniversary stereo amp
Avantgarde UNO XD