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I need a SET amp to match my Dude Pre.

I have 98db Daedalus Ulysses speaks. I just recently took delivery of a Dude preamp. I want a SET amp that the Dude can shine through. The SET will have to have the ability to stage, resolve and have freq ext just like my world class pre. But MOST important I need a emotional and musical connection. I feel the Dude is a destination pre and I need a SET amp that can also carry that designation. 16 watts and up seems about right as my friend brought over his Melody AN211 (integrated). It was sublime and actually made me smile. Now I am searching for that sound quality with the staging abilities of the Dude
berony
washington_highend_audio
41 posts
 
You may want to look into Sophia Electric's older models of 845 amplifiers that still have first class sound and 3x more power than a typical 300B single ended amplifier. 25-28W per channel x 2 should drive your speakers.
nhocti
44 posts
 
Berony,

How much is your budget?
nhocti
44 posts
 
Berony,

Ignore my last post, I didn't see your $6K limit until now.
My bad. :)

Full disclosure:
I am Melody US Distributor and I saw you mentioned our AN211 and AN300B Integrated Amps here and this is why I'm joining this discussion to see if I may be of service.

Thanks,

Hugh
berony OP
17 posts
 
Appreciate all the advice. I have to come clean and say I went a lil over budget ( imagine a audiophile going over budget). I purchased a used but mint pair of Concert Fidelity 6B4G fusion monos.

They are described as direct heated triodes that are pushpull. The delicacy of a old 2a3 but with 60 watts of power. It was just a opportunity to get something rare and different for a good value. Well reviewed by really only Steve Hoffman and I assume he is not easily impressed.

Input impedance is a Dude friendly 100k. My first amps with input sensitivity which will also help match my pre. Fingers crossed it gives me that sublime, emotional involving sound quality. Come Fri, at least all doubt will be removed.
gopher
499 posts
 
Looking forward to hearing the new addition, Berto. It better smoke my Melody for that coin!
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