Thanks for the reply Mechans. Yes, I am really enjoying my current Herron/Rogue all tube combo. I will work around the power bill issue. Perhaps watching less TV on my plasma may help!
For those not familiar with Redgum, they make the amp with the redgum front wood panel with the key that turns it on and off. I thought they had a presense in the States. They are a South Australian company starting about 20 years ago.
It seems the current trend is the tube preamp with solid state power amps. My friend has a Herron tube pre into a Conrad Johnson Premier 350 power amp. The sound seems to have more conviction than mine but I would say mine is sweeter sounding.
For those not familiar with Redgum, they make the amp with the redgum front wood panel with the key that turns it on and off. I thought they had a presense in the States. They are a South Australian company starting about 20 years ago.
It seems the current trend is the tube preamp with solid state power amps. My friend has a Herron tube pre into a Conrad Johnson Premier 350 power amp. The sound seems to have more conviction than mine but I would say mine is sweeter sounding.