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Re: Please help regarding SET amp choice

I really like your post. But I have to be honest about the Audio Note stuff I heard at the NJ VTV show last year. They had a few rooms there and the sound was just too polished.

They could be hiding great equipment, great amplifiers and stuff in the polish, I could not tell. Maybe whoever designed the sound in the room went very conservative and tried to go for a pleasing sound.

But a local high-end audio store really seemed to kick everyone's butt, with a P-P amp and some Italian speakers. The single ended communtiy had some interesting stuff there.

You like the Yamamota 45. That is a 717a pentode driving the 45. It is a very good sound, I know, because I have a diy one here. But a pentode can get a little polished sounding too if you listen to it for a long time and really get to the nitty-gritty, although it seems to have a very balanced sound.

People mention different models, but there is not mention of the typology of the tubes, whether they are dht, idht, or pentode drivers. And I really think that tells you alot about the amp.

Can someone tell me what the 417a is? It's a WE tube and it seems to be a very good driver. I wonder who is using it.

I just like a raw live sound. I just don't like the polish. Polish goes on shoes, not sound.

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