Dear 2a3 owners, you may help me : I have an Eddie Curent 445, but... I really find its sound signature to be too much "dry", too SS style. It is Not the tube signature I was looking for (I definitively want details but I also want some warm & musicality)
Initially I was about to resale myEC445 for a VIVA 845 that I heard in Munich, and that did impress me a lot but, after consideration, I think that a warmer type of tubes like a 2a3 will be better for my taste and for the type of music that I like (no BIG symphonies, but rather more intimate formations, vocals, solo piano, pinkfloyd, pop, .... for example I much prefer the Beethoven 7th pastorale than the 5th).
I am therefore finally tempted by a VIVA 2a3 instead of the VIVA 845, but... since the VIVA 2a3 cost 50% more than the EC2a3 and lack the speaker output that the EC2a3 provide, I wonder if the VIVA 2a3 is really better than the EC2a3.
So any advices or comment about the EddieCurent 2a3 V/S it's competitors or other TOL tube amp will be welcome ? Will the "good looking" Balanced Act also offer a warm sound ? why did you chosed the 2a3 rather than the balancing Act ?
PS : before I change my EC445 for a 2a3 amp, I may try to change my 445's driver tubes 6C45II-5 for some 5842 tubes like the WE417 that are supposed to be "warmer" (I already have the 5842->6C45 adapters, I need now to find some good & tested NOS WE417). Are you aware of this tube roll ?
thank you in advance for any advice that you may provide.
