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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo.

Post Subject: S3 and class A ampsPosted by gordan on: 4/1/2011

truth to be told, i'm so far from building a horn for S3 that the plans may change. the drivers actually haven't left a previous owner yet which makes me a bit nervous. but i understand you presume a short opening horn like expo would allow a more mellow drop near the critical low frequencies. i will explore that for sure.

as to the class A amps recommendation, this is not supposed be a compliment to S3 as a mid drivers, is it? the last class A amp in my room was nelson pass first watt F3 with its warm, fuzzy, pleasant sound that lacked detail and surgical precision of my 10Y amps. actually it is my 10Y amps that i now use for periodical brainwashing of SS audio brigade about their anti-tube attitude, because they have all the parameters that solid state people love and more (clarity, speed, blah blah), plus they reproduce the music, not a wave of disconnected and fractured different electrical data. i don't know if F3 is a valid representative of the class A sound you've meant (it was too many moons ago i've listened old krell KSA/KMA amps to remember details), but in case it is than it would be a serious step back for me, unless S3 rings like hell in upper midrange so it has to be wrapped in layers of class A fake tube harmonics.
maybe i'm wrong....
PS just strucked my mind - of course i'm wrong, i've heard the recent luxman class A monoblocks (30 watt, don't know the model) and they sound a way more transparent and open than F3 so it must be that i need more experience.

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