Monitor 60 + Tubes = GOLD

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
edited February 2005 in Speakers
Entirely different speaker on tubes. Very lush and balanced.

You guys that have Monitor series NEED to hear them on tubes. I've got these (T90e's) on an 8 watt, push pull amp, and it's suprising me.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited January 2005
    HHhmmm..... Ive got an old Dynaco ST70 laying around , guess its time to warm up the old tubies and give it a whiiiirl . :)
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited January 2005
    Russ are they your monitors?
    Dan
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited January 2005
    Not surprised by your findings at all. I heard the same thing with my RT800i. Like you said, very different speakers on tubes. To this day, I regret selling the 800i's. I'd take the 800i on tubes over my LSi9 any day.

    BTW, are those EL84 output tubes? Are they running in triode? I thought EL84 running in push/pull can put out around 17w/ch. That's an incredible looking set up. A nice small amp to compliment the small Radii. The new line from Polk looks very nice too.

    Maurice
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited January 2005
    6BM8, push pull. The 6BM8's are like a 6BQ5/EL84, but with half of a 12ax7 on top (notice no separate driver tubes on the front end).

    The amp is Radii also, and is essentially two of the ASL Wave-8 monos, on a single chassis.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited January 2005
    ...
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2005
    Thanks for sharing the pics. That's one sexy amp! Very interesting tube too. I wonder if Radii and ASL are built in the same factory?

    Maurice
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