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Re: New: First Watt amplifiers by Nelson Pass [message #20323 is a reply to message #20245]

Sun, 29 August 2004 09:13

Ed Schilling
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Registered: May 2009

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I first spoke with Kent about the First Watt amps back in Nov/Dec. last year. I sent Kent a pair of my favorite speakers for testing. I don’t think Nelson ever heard them! I also sent a driver back to them a month or so ago for more “testing”. A couple weeks ago I called to check on progress and had the privilege of speaking to Nelson again. What a great fellow he is. He said that soon I would get an amp to play with. This I am very much looking forward to…..I have been using ( I bought it) a Pass X 150 for a year now. I am not sure why so many believe that high efficiency single driver speakers do not “like” SS. My X150 sounds excellent…..so does my Audio Note 300B or Fi X 2A3. I hear no “solid state” problems at all. I would be willing to bet that most people could not tell which amp is actually playing…..this I have demonstrated more than once. It seems in my case my room is more of a problem than the type of amplifier used. It will be very interesting to hear (if possible) the difference between the First Watt amps and the X150. I do not think the power difference will be much of a factor as (at least in my case) my favorite speakers are more limited in output by “doppler distortion” than anything else. The mighty X150 is only good for a couple more DB than the 2A3 for this reason. It does not sound “more powerful” even though it is, a lot more. It simply sounds musical, the same as the tube stuff. I love tubes, and yes I think it is easier to get “music” out of tubes than SS but that does not HAVE to be the case. There are plenty of expensive bad sounding amps of both types…..and I have heard examples of both (no names, please). I’ll post impressions when it comes. Glad to see people are interested in them.
Ed Schilling

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		New: First Watt amplifiers by Nelson Pass By: Norris Wilson on Wed, 04 August 2004 14:36
		Nice Link on why SS may not work well with single driver By: akhilesh on Wed, 04 August 2004 15:40
		Re: Nice Link on why SS may not work well with single driver By: Martin on Wed, 04 August 2004 20:18
		Re: Nice Link on why SS may not work well with single driver By: akhilesh on Wed, 04 August 2004 22:34
		Re: Nice Link on why SS may not work well with single driver By: Martin on Thu, 05 August 2004 05:29
		Re: Nice Link on why SS may not work well with single driver By: akhilesh on Thu, 05 August 2004 13:07
		Re: Nice Link on why SS may not work well with single driver By: Martin on Thu, 05 August 2004 13:47
		Tube amps and SS amps may be indistinguishable! By: akhilesh on Thu, 05 August 2004 14:51
		Re: Tube amps and SS amps may be indistinguishable! By: Martin on Thu, 05 August 2004 19:53
		Re: Tube amps and SS amps may be indistinguishable! By: akhilesh on Thu, 05 August 2004 22:22
		Re: Tube amps and SS amps may be indistinguishable! By: Manualblock on Mon, 09 August 2004 14:59
		Re: Tube amps and SS amps may be indistinguishable! By: TC on Thu, 05 August 2004 20:01
		Re: Tube amps and SS amps may be indistinguishable! By: akhilesh on Thu, 05 August 2004 22:15
		Re: Tube amps and SS amps may be indistinguishable! By: TC on Sat, 07 August 2004 10:30
		voltage amps, current sources By: rohit on Sat, 07 August 2004 11:13
		Thanks, Rohit. NT By: akhilesh on Sat, 07 August 2004 12:57
		Cool toys By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 05 August 2004 22:40
		Re: Cool toys By: TC on Fri, 06 August 2004 08:36
		Re: Cool toys By: GarMan on Fri, 06 August 2004 12:28
		Re: Cool toys By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 06 August 2004 13:54
		Re: Nice Link on why SS may not work well with single driver By: TC on Thu, 05 August 2004 19:43
		Terry, could not really understand most of your post...maybe you can clarify? By: akhilesh on Thu, 05 August 2004 22:05
		Re: Terry, could not really understand most of your post...maybe you can clarify? By: TC on Fri, 06 August 2004 08:27
		Re: Terry, could not really understand most of your post...maybe you can clarify? By: Manualblock on Sat, 07 August 2004 21:55
		Ane i wonder where the gainclone fits in? By: roncla on Thu, 05 August 2004 11:10
		Re: New: First Watt amplifiers by Nelson Pass By: Ed Schilling on Sun, 29 August 2004 09:13
		Re: New: First Watt amplifiers by Nelson Pass By: nelsonpass on Tue, 31 August 2004 11:28
		Re: New: First Watt amplifiers by Nelson Pass By: Ed Schilling on Tue, 31 August 2004 11:58
		Re: New: First Watt amplifiers by Nelson Pass By: Ed Schilling on Tue, 31 August 2004 12:02

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