Any one know if tube amps sound good for HT

buymesome
buymesome Posts: 281
edited October 2009 in Electronics
Any know if tue amps sound good for HT

I saw a 6 ch hybrid tube amp and wonderd how would tubes sound in a 5.1 HT setup?
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  • buymesome
    buymesome Posts: 281
    edited October 2009
    its from dared and rated 65 wpc http://pic6.audiogon.com/i/c/f/1252975205.jpg
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited October 2009
    I used to use 3 stereo tube amps for 5.1 and it sounded awesome!
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited October 2009
    I am using a 2 channel tube amp with my Adcom GFP-750 with HT bypass and it sounds great.
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
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    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • buymesome
    buymesome Posts: 281
    edited October 2009
    What advantages and disadvantages is there for such a configuration?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2009
    dared_dv_6c_27.jpg
    No thanks.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
    edited October 2009
    Cost, one and two...it's HT. Audio quality ain't there from the get go....now, if you are talking hi rez multichannel, I'm still indiferent but more understanding.

    Tubes are awesome but tubes just for the sake of having tubes sometimes is foolish.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited October 2009
    What if you are watching Concert DVDs?

    I rarely ever use my projector for HT, 99% of the time it's used for 2-channel.
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    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited October 2009
    A waste of tubes...imho of course.

    Regards,
    Mike
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
    edited October 2009
    All depends. I use a 2 channel hybrid in a system for HT and 2 channel combined and love the sound. I went hybrid because 400 watts of pure tube power will set you back some coin.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • buymesome
    buymesome Posts: 281
    edited October 2009
    The amp in the op is a hybrid
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