Single ended - by accident?

[JerryT]

Hi

I watched an ebay auction and bid for a Goldbaile 2A3 SET amplifier. How silly! Unexpectedly I won. A week later the amplifer arrived home.

After a couple of days I put it into the main system in the place of the much modified KAT 6550 (currently running Svet 88s, Mullard E80CFs and NOS 5u4GBs with a sprinkling of boutique capacitors) which does an excellent job of controlling my much modified 15 year old Wharfedale Harewoods (when Audiolab, Naim and MF failed). No great expectations - give it a try and decide SET isn't for me- you may recognise the thought process!

So how does 3.5 watts of SE, with no damping factor to conside, sound so musical? How come I can remove the foam from the reflex ports and still smile??

Wwwwwwwwho knows - just thought I'd share - can't say much more because I've got a few hundred CDs and LPs to try - I'll be back when I've worn the music out or worked out the attraction. Until then.....


Jerry