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Anyone hear a Croft Integrated Amp?

Hi, has anyone heard what the Croft Integrated amplifiers sound like?  I've read a bit about them and am curious since its also on the Stereophile B list. Sounds like it has a lot of promise.  Another part of this is has anyone tried it with Kef ls50s?

I currently run a Peachtree Nova 125 se and am considering an upgrade.
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gochurchgo
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I’ve been considering the Micro25 with my Odyssey Khartago. On paper it seems like it should work.
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noromance
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@gochurchgo There is one for sale at the giveaway price of $650 here.
zek4u
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Put some better tubes in the 25R and 7R and now I’m completely blown away! What a dummy I was leaving those JJs in place. Put a NOS Telefunken in the line stage. Wow! Amperex from Holland (red labeled Hammond) tubes in the phono stage. Orange labeled Hammond RCA tubes in the 7R. Trying to figure out if the two 12AX7s in the 7R are driver tubes or if one is a driver tube and one is for power regulation. Going to try some NOS Teslas in the phono stage sockets soon.
Selling the SN2.  I can deal with tubes :)
gochurchgo
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@noromance my plan has been the Odyssey Candela but though I haven’t heard it, I’m still pondering the Croft. Not sure how well they will synergize though.
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noromance
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@zek4u One 12AX7 is a regulator for the driver stage. There’s also a neon voltage reference tube underneath it.
Yeah, it should come with an upgrade option with NOS Telefunkens. I run Treasure12AX7 LS and find them better than the Teles (after break-in of about 20 hours)
http://psvanetube.com/wordpress/store/products/shuguang-custom-12ax7-lx-special-edition-pair-low-noi...
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