Hello,
I am interested in the Rethm Bhaava speakers and read your informative review. You had tried the Bhaavas with a Bakoon amplifier with surprisingly positive results and with the First Watt SIT to enjoyable results. But I was wondering if you’d ever heard that speaker with good, significantly less expensive and more traditional solid-state amplification that pushed heavier wattage (say100 or so)? If so, how did the Bhaavas react?
Many thanks,
Leonce Gaiter
If I had, I'd have said so. Traditionally, this type driver prefers high output impedance for low damping. Conventional high-power transistor amplifiers will instead provide high damping, leading this type driver to suffer poor bass, a forward presence to brilliance region and overall dryness. That's why most of these speakers are driven by lower-power SET amps or the type of unusual transistor amps I used. Also, speakers of such efficiency don't need the high power or gain and, on such amps, may reveal noise issues which standard speakers would not. But you might ask designer Jacob George what he thinks of 100wpc transistor amps for this model? He'd have the most knowledgeable answer.
Srajan
