Posted by akhilesh [ 129.244.96.53 ] on February 07, 2004 at 14:39:32:
In Reply to: Korneff 45 posted by Wayne Parham on February 07, 2004 at 00:40:16:
I haven;t heard any real high end tube amps myself (wel lexcept for a really expensive mcintosh in a hi fi store). SO i am extremely curious also to know of people's opinions regarding the higher cost tube amps, and how they compare to the lower priced amps like the zen.
I heard a home brewed 2a3 loftin white setup recenlty by some one local here in tulsa, and i liked it, though its treble was a bit mellow. SO far, the $499 zen se84C is still my "reference" amp if you will. Once finances permit, I will build a 300B amp i think, but that is probably a year or so away. In the meantime, if anyone has heard a zen se84C and can compare it to some other amps I wold be interested. I talked at length with Steve Deckert (the main guy at decware that make the zen amps) and he has heard pretty much everything out there. He sells a version of the zen called the zen select with premium parts. He didn;t think there was that much of a difference between the select and the regular. A lot of the older more experienced folk i talk to don;t really buy the lien that all the high end components will get you better sound ...they say it will get you different sound, but not necessarily more detailed or better.
ANyway, i am interested to read of people's informed opinions on different amps.
-akhilesh