My Little Brother the Audiophile Just Sold His Tubes

[Eric Natural]

He sold the EAR 534 class A amp(he "loved") and went class D : Buckeye Purifi
He tells me the 50 watts just weren't enough juice for his new Joseph Audio speaks : JA Pulsar2 as they're pretty inefficient ~ 84db sensitivity. The EAR was fine for his previous pair (that he fell out of love with) : https://www.zuaudio.com/loudspeakers/p/union-6 His pair were glossy Red with a capital R
His rig is Macbook or CD > Benchmark DAC3 w/ it's volume knob > amp > loudspeakers & I have no idea with what brand of wires
I've been class D using the MiniDSP FlexDL as pre > Fosi V3 turned up to 11 for 6 months now & it drives my Monitor Audio Studio 6s just fine. I think he's gonna really dig how this big Purifi amp opens-up the JAs
Peace

 

[Astoneroad]

Once you get your tubes tied... there's a whole new world of audio promiscuity out there...

 

[Multicore]

I need a groan button.

 

[bloodshoteyed]

pat him on the shoulder and go buy him a drink, he ain't your lil' bro anymore, he's all grown up now

 

[Multicore]

pat him on the shoulder and go buy him a drink, he ain't your lil' bro anymore, he's all grown up now

You sure? He hasn't heard the new amp yet. Might say he liked the sound of the old one bettah. It's a possibility.

 

[Astoneroad]

You sure? He hasn't heard the new amp yet. Might say he liked the sound of the old one bettah. It's a possibility.

Sure... He may miss the "warmth" of tubes.

 

[j_j]

Sure... He may miss the "warmth" of tubes.

Well, I've missed the warmth of 4 7868's on my countertop in the middle of winter, but it wasn't a listening thing.

 

[bloodshoteyed]

You sure? He hasn't heard the new amp yet. Might say he liked the sound of the old one bettah. It's a possibility.

not really sure , no...there's still some weirdo adults around...


take it from someone who still gets all giddy when he sees a nixie tube