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List Of Small Company Tube Amps

I just love tube amps and I’m always wondering what small guy out there is making stellar amps under the radar.  I’m only talking somewhat affordable gear, definitely under 10k new. More like 2-5k is what I’m thinking. I’ll start the list but I’m sure there are a ton that I’ll miss.  Obviously feel free to express your preferences. Some of these might have international distribution but I feel they have a small enough presence in the US that they kind of count. 

Decware, may not count any longer but one of the originals

Aric Audio

La Dolce Audio

Tomcat Audio

Lab 12

Octave 

Audio Hungary 

Space-tech Labs 

Musical Paradise 

Triode Labs

Fezz

Synthesis

Analog Ethos

Brunoco Audio

Audio Mirror, getting pricey though. 
 

 

 

 

 

brylandgoodman
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harleyujoe
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Raven Audio +1 USA out of Texas

I have  tried and owned the Black Hawk tested and owned Osprey for 5 years and now own a Reflection with Corvus Speakers and their cables and not one time disappointed with equipment and Dave Thomson sure knows how to select tubes to make these Amp sound beautiful. Highly  recommend

larryi
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One of my favorite tube amp makers is Synthesis.  They consistently make amps whose sound is WAY beyond one's expectation for the price.  My two favorites of their lineup are the integrated amp/DAC combination--A 40 (twin KT66 tubes pwer channel) and the A 100 (four KT 66 per channel).  

I own custom tube gear made by a builder in Italy, Aldo D'Urso, who has made a dazzling array of gear--he builds his own DAC, phono stages, amps, linestages, field coil power supplies, Western Electric horn reproductions.  For some gear he winds custom transformers.  His originals and reproduction/rebuilds of Western Electric gear is amazing nice sounding.

superelmar
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Atelier Du Triode
Tube Audio Pro
Aurorasound

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