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Lush and Romantic Tube Amps

Hi All -

I am on a quest for a lush, warm and romantic tube amp. Ideally, it should be 75 watts and upwards. I’m in a large room and my speakers are 87.5 sensitivity and 8 ohm. The room is large. 

The system:

LTA preamp 

Innuous Zenith music server 

Merason Dac 1 

Cardas Clear cables 

 

Suggestions are welcomed. 
 

128x128bluethinker
kota1
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@bluethinker 

You have a very nice system but your description is vague. I suppose by lush and romantic what you mean is a classic, old school model. With speaker sensitivity you list I would recommend the Bob Carver RAM 285:

https://www.bobcarvercorp.com/ram-285

 

dhcod
710 posts
 

Leben CS600. It's an integrated so you can sell the LTA. Very Romantic but really sounds right.

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jasonbourne71
1,229 posts
 

A nicely restored pair of Dynaco MkIII's. I have 'em!

rcprince
3,074 posts
 

One of the early Conrad Johnson Premier amplifiers, like the Premier 3, would be a good fit (I know you tried the ART, this is much different).  Or a pair of older Jadis JA 80s using KT88 or EL34 tubes.

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