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I'm running the two in series on the output of an Eico HF-12 P-P 6BQ5 mono amp in my living room with the speakers out in the middle of the room as seen in the photos without benefit of wall or corner bass reinforcement. I need all the Eico has which works out at 6 watts per speaker, but they fill the room with beautiful sound, although not shaking the house. String bass is very full, rich and realistic, not shy at all. Piano sounds just right and you can almost see the guy stroking those brushes on on the drums. This is on the FM jazz station. CD sourced Jazz and Elton John sounds even better at the attainable listening levels. The soundstage on mono is a surprisingly large sweet spot. Female vocals are unreal, or rather ....well I think you know what I'm trying to say.
I'm pretty pleased with these and am going to leave these speakers in this stage of development for benchmark comparison and make another set to continue development with.
If anyone here in the Toronto area with a 300B SE (or larger) stereo amp (tube amps only need apply) wants to come over and audition these that would be a treat. 4 ohms best but we can live with 8. Single 45's or 2A3's won't have enough steam however. Please contact me by PM.
Rob
I'm running the two in series on the output of an Eico HF-12 P-P 6BQ5 mono amp in my living room with the speakers out in the middle of the room as seen in the photos without benefit of wall or corner bass reinforcement. I need all the Eico has which works out at 6 watts per speaker, but they fill the room with beautiful sound, although not shaking the house. String bass is very full, rich and realistic, not shy at all. Piano sounds just right and you can almost see the guy stroking those brushes on on the drums. This is on the FM jazz station. CD sourced Jazz and Elton John sounds even better at the attainable listening levels. The soundstage on mono is a surprisingly large sweet spot. Female vocals are unreal, or rather ....well I think you know what I'm trying to say.
I'm pretty pleased with these and am going to leave these speakers in this stage of development for benchmark comparison and make another set to continue development with.
If anyone here in the Toronto area with a 300B SE (or larger) stereo amp (tube amps only need apply) wants to come over and audition these that would be a treat. 4 ohms best but we can live with 8. Single 45's or 2A3's won't have enough steam however. Please contact me by PM.
Rob
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