I second that !
I honestly don't know. But money no object allows a lot of possibilities. I'd probably do the following:
1) Get some insane single ended monoblocks made by hand to a spec agreed with the builder. Lots of wood and copper, custom wound transformers, exotic NOS tube types with loads of replacements and different tube types to try - including NOS Telefunken RS237s (211 equiv - rare as hen's teeth), 300B driver tubes, and probably a lot of AudioNote parts and ideas.
2) The same as one, but using the awesome Western Electric 212.
3) Talk to Chapter Audio, offer them unlimited dosh to build the best effort they could muster.
4) Get the established high end solid state contenders to submit designs - they best they can manage with costings and exotic finishes. Get them all built and submitted.
Then I'd just evaluate all of them - and give the ones I didn't like away to those MLOC members I felt I'd like to give them too!
Dream on...
I think this particular dream amplifier meets all of your listed criteria-and-then-some...
Yeah, but if you are hitting all those gigs, nothing will satisfy you equipment-wise, so why even try ?
I honestly don't know. But money no object allows a lot of possibilities. I'd probably do the following:
1) Get some insane single ended monoblocks made by hand to a spec agreed with the builder. Lots of wood and copper, custom wound transformers, exotic NOS tube types with loads of replacements and different tube types to try - including NOS Telefunken RS237s (211 equiv - rare as hen's teeth), 300B driver tubes, and probably a lot of AudioNote parts and ideas.
2) The same as one, but using the awesome Western Electric 212.
3) Talk to Chapter Audio, offer them unlimited dosh to build the best effort they could muster.
4) Get the established high end solid state contenders to submit designs - they best they can manage with costings and exotic finishes. Get them all built and submitted.
Then I'd just evaluate all of them - and give the ones I didn't like away to those MLOC members I felt I'd like to give them too!
Dream on...
), simple circuit etc...
Justin, this comes up again and again in your posts - why do you like a wooden chassis ?Chinese 211s, nice copper top, good sized transformers, nice wooden chassis, hand built by one man (or was it his wife?
That's really sweet, Robin, but noooooooo... don't like that one. Why?
Well, don't like the shape, it looks to be full of EL84s (good, but not the best), the transformers can't be real (way too small), gold plated rather than copper etc etc...
In a lot of ways, I like amps that really seriously take the p*ss. That use the oldest technologies, measure in really strange ways in some arrears (that means bad technically), look way geeky, are handmade by one or a few people max, are good perceived value for money, are made of good quality components and make you think that you'd like to own one...
Then when you plug it in, all hell breaks loose and you're totally gobsmacked!
Now, how much does it cost?
Chinese 211s, nice copper top, good sized transformers, nice wooden chassis, hand built by one man (or was it his wife?
Place your bid here...
