Musicophile,
What you wrote is perfectly logical and borne out with practical experience.
My SET amplifier is a zero feedback design and I absolutely love it with my
speakers. However these Coincident speakers were designed from the
onset with the goal of being compatible with zero NFB amplifiers. It's
obviously advantageous when amp and speaker share the same designer-
builder. In your case given the different design of the Tannoy it's very
reasonable that a very small amount of NFB could be quite beneficial. It
really depends on the characteristics of an individual speaker to determine
if it would response favorably to NFB. I do believe that in
"general" the less
NFB the better the sound will be. Your Manley amplifier certainly provides
increased flexibility with a larger pool of speakers and allows you to tailor
and fine tune as necessary.
as needed.
Charles,
Charles,