Dear All,
I have a local dealer offering a nice price a pair of Cayin 800mk second hand, which are tubes, but rated at 150w at 8 ohm.
I am tempted but I know B&W in general swing a lot in terms of impedance.
However, these amplifiers are quite unusually powerful for affordable tube amps (cost new a bit below 8000 EUR).
So I wonder whether the rule still applies: better go with very powerful SS technology, or whether, at first sight (based on the power and leaving other compatibility issues aside, which I should hear myself), these Cayin could handle the N800?
Thanks a lot in advance for your answers!!
Greg
I have a local dealer offering a nice price a pair of Cayin 800mk second hand, which are tubes, but rated at 150w at 8 ohm.
I am tempted but I know B&W in general swing a lot in terms of impedance.
However, these amplifiers are quite unusually powerful for affordable tube amps (cost new a bit below 8000 EUR).
So I wonder whether the rule still applies: better go with very powerful SS technology, or whether, at first sight (based on the power and leaving other compatibility issues aside, which I should hear myself), these Cayin could handle the N800?
Thanks a lot in advance for your answers!!
Greg
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