Doge 9 listening experience...

thinman:

How long did it take to get your amps? Are you in the US? Can you recommend who to buy them from?

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You must order them from China. I recommend www.timaudio.com. Honest people who have never let me down, and i´ve bought lots of gear from them. Delivery was about a month back then. Unfortunately I´m in Sweden BTW.

Thanks Thinman. I have seen timaudio on ebay. He has a turntable motor I think I want. Have you any experience with that?
As for the Doge 9,they look very nice and I love their preamp.
I like the idea of a high powered tube amp that doesn't break the bank to own or to retube.
I have Acoustat 2 speakers and they require lots of power to sing. They also have a pretty serious load swing, especially in the high frequencies. Do you see this amp as having the ability to handle difficult loads?

thanks for the correspondence.

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Does the Doge 9 have balanced inputs?

I would guess the Doges can handle pretty much everything, since they handled the Maggies I had earlier on very good, i.e no running out of steam. Unfortunately only single-ended connections, no XLR. I have not tried Tims vinyl gear.