Yup. Have you heard the other western ones with impressions?Soviet GU-48 is an analogue of 833.
I heard 833 GE and RCA. I think that big balloons steal microdynamics, GU-48 too.Yup. Have you heard the other western ones with impressions?
I’m not sure whether the tubes or the amplifier itself steal micro dynamics but as a result the whole package sounds awful. I’m sorry to use such a strong term but that’s the only way I can explain what I hear from wavac 833.I heard 833 GE and RCA. I think that big balloons steal microdynamics, GU-48 too.
I'm not thrilled either, even though I've heard 5 or 6 different amps with the 833/GU-48.I’m not sure whether the tubes or the amplifier itself steal micro dynamics but as a result the whole package sounds awful. I’m sorry to use such a strong term but that’s the only way I can explain what I hear from wavac 833.
Interesting. A number of members here use Wavac 833s.I’m sorry to use such a strong term but that’s the only way I can explain what I hear from wavac 833.
I’m not sure whether the tubes or the amplifier itself steal micro dynamics but as a result the whole package sounds awful. I’m sorry to use such a strong term but that’s the only way I can explain what I hear from wavac 833.
That is not the case with Wavac 833 amps. It is not a matter of personal preference or familiarity with high power tube amps. IMHO Wavac 833 is not a good sounding amp. Both two pieces and four pieces versions.if you are used to smaller triodes lower watt amps, the bigger tubes with high wattage amps would sound less micro dynamic. Not sure if it is the tube alone or the fact that to supply the higher voltage to the bigger tube more complicated circuitry is required…though that means it is still the tube. A small tube amp is relatively simpler.
that’s why the most nuanced sound I have heard is with the the 1.25 and 3 watt Thomas Mayer 46s. It just made every other amp sound slow and lacking lots of musical micro dynamic detail. Similar thing happened when I compared NAF 2a3 on Devore orangutans to multiple higher powered amps which I had previously liked on more inefficient speakers
Thank you. What does "sound the best" mean here? What do you hear the Amperex 1950s 833 doing sonically versus the tube it replaced?The amperex 1950s 833 sound the best.
That is not the case with Wavac 833 amps. It is not a matter of personal preference or familiarity with high power tube amps. IMHO Wavac 833 is not a good sounding amp. Both two pieces and four pieces versions.
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