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Olympica & Tubes
Anyone running Olympica II or III with tubes? Are SF more like B&W in doing their best with lots of solid-state power or can they sing with 40wpc of tube power (not MC2301s or similar)?
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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Doing the Electa Amator III with tubes (a pair of MC275 MkVI). Sounds glorious @ 15 watts (approx 100dB).
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In reading the spec's for your speakers and all the Olympica models it does not appear that they are very 'tube friendly', unless one has what I consider a 'high power' tube amp (such as your MC275 run as a monoblock). The Electra Amator III recommends a minimum of 35wpc and the Olympica line recommends a minimum of either 40wpc or 50wpc with their floorstanders.
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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I used Doshi Jhor monoblocks with my Amati Futuras. They put out 90wpc with massive output transformers. The mids and highs sounded great, but I was missing some bass dynamics, depth and tightness on rock and large scale classical. My room is pretty large though. The Pass Labs X260.8 amps worked much better in the bass.
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SF Stradivari, Aric Audio Motherlode XL preamp and Super KT Parallel amps; Pass XP 27, Raven One TT, Graham Phantom II arm, Lyra Etna Lamda, Airtight PC1, Bryston 3.14 DAC, Transparent Reference & Wireworld, dedicated treated room 17 X 34 X 9 |
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I have the Olympia III's, ran with ARC ref75-se, for a year, they were great for mid range but came up a little short on impact. Switched to Ref150-SE and am impressed with system now.
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ARC REF6, ARC Ref PH 2SE, ARC Ref 150SE, Esot N-05, SF Oylimpia III, Garrard 301 Reed2p, WW Silver Eclipse 8, Kimber Kable Select IC XLR C22, MC275, MR78, PS Audio Dac, Tannoy Daltons 12" Red's Tannoy ST200 Tweeters, Kimber IC's, Mac Mini, Transparent ULTRA Speaker. Marantz 7C, Marantz, 9, & 10B Tuner, Tannoy 15" Red's in York Corner Cabinets ARC Ref1, ARC VT 100II, MR74, Tannoy Red 12 LSU/12/8, Spider Transcription TT, Nordost Spk Cable Fisher 400C, MR78, Fisher SA 1000, BenchMark Dac, Auditorium 23 Speaker Cables, Tannoy Supper Red 10" LSU/III/Z Monitors ARC SP3, MC 30's, MR67, Devore Supper 8's, Wadia i171, MicroMega Dac, Transparent Supper Spk C20, MC75's, MR71, MS300, Tannoy 12" Golds, Auditorium 23, C11, (2)Harmon Kardon CitationII, Shindo Montille, MC2505, McIntosh 117, Audio Research ST70, Knight KB85, Pilot Sa 232, Marantz 8B Scott 130 Preamp, Scott 272 Int, HH Scott 250's MR71 tuner, Tube Guru F2a Mono's, |
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I am currently running ARC VSI75 Integrated tube amp with my Olympic 3s and also find some lack in bass tightness and dynamics, I plan on trying a SS Luxman Int. this year......
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My Oly 1s sound great with MC75 monoblocks and dual sealed subs. But I am in a room that is just 10X12X8 feet.
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I'm guessing some powerful McIntosh tube monoblocks would be one of the pairings that would work well. Curious which ones people have actually used though.
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