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Anyone hear the two brands?Any experience or extrapolated opinions regarding Wells Akasha vs. one of Frank's latest (DVA 4/2 or Vision SET 400)?No need to express accolades for Frank and his company as I've owned a Fet Valve (550?) before and appreciate both Frank and his gear.However, I have never heard any Wells gear.
Innamorata - super smooth, very quiet, no hums or pops or quirks, solid SS power.
Pete & jriggy - thanks for the replies. would be nice if the less expensive Akasha sounded very similar to their Innamorata. specs are the same for both so not sure what you get for an extra $2k for the Inna. perhaps upgraded or extra parts? I.Greyhound - thanks for the reply. "transistor radio"? yeow! wow!
The Fet Valve 550 sounds like a transistor radio next to the Vision 400 SET and his newer FET Valve amps
I auditioned the Innamorata with DeVore 0/93 speakers (93db sensitivity) and I found it to be one of the most quiet amps amps I have heard. However, I decided that it was not the amp for me because the damping factor (200) was too high for the DeVore's and made the bass sound overdamped/tight without much decay. I chalk that up to a mis-match. The other issue was that transients sounded quite slow to my ears. The speed of attack was such that impacts were reduced and music sounded "slower" than the two tubes amps I have used - the Ultravalve and a EAR 534. I'm not sure if one can "extrapolate" down to the Akasha, but that's what I experienced.