Since we may be hearing “too close to call” shortly, and since I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about BHK amps…
It got me thinking…
I’ve read the threads that say the BHK 300s are far superior to the BHK 250, and of course at double the price they should be…
BUT…
Everything is system dependent, right?..
And my question is…
Under what system conditions might the BHK 250 close the sound quality performance gap on the BHK 300s such that it would be, you guessed it, TOO CLOSE TO CALL? (“TCTC”)
Is it even possible? Let’s assume preamp is BHK for sake of argument.
Now given that the 300s have more wpc, higher current capacity, better damping factor, additional power supplies, etc., etc., I’m assuming having a speaker that is not in the “hard to drive” camp will benefit the 250.
But where would line be such that TCTC, if anywhere? Speaker 90db or above? 8 ohm nominal? 6 ohm minimum? Smaller listening room helps? Speakers maybe not super highly resolving?
Or are the 300s that much better that it’ll never be TCTC, under any system circumstances? (if only everything in life were that way… we’ll at least for next several days anyway, haha.)