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Small Bedroom Tube Amp

Hi all!  Does anyone have a good recommendation for a small reliable tube or warmer solid state amp for the bedroom?  Would be match it with smaller bookshelf speakers, haven't decided which ones yet.  I want to mellow out music when putting the little one to sleep.

I have my eye on the TubeCube 7, seems small and efficient but want to make sure there aren't any better alternatives.

Thanks!
eziggy
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
Correct not a tube amp as such but I guess the right term is they use a tube "buffer" in the preamp section.
Gives some of the sound of tubes without the cost and complication of a full tube array.
I found the sq on my Nova to be a lot richer and fuller with more bass than the previous admitedly older class d integrated 
mrdecibel
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To the OP. I would select the speakers first. To br3098, the Peachtree Nova is a hybrid, as it uses a tube at the input ( as stated by uberwaltz ). Enjoy ! MrD.
seanheis1
630 posts
 
musical paradise mp-301 amp
MP-S1 MK2 Bookshelf speakers 
Both punch far above their price....but do you really want hot tubes around a child 👶🏻?


joejoe
69 posts
 
Let me play devil's advocate here. Haven't seen this mentioned. Don't know how little your little ones are, but glowing tubes, its like a moth to light. They could seriously burn. Something to think about.

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uberwaltz
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It was mentioned in the post right before yours...lol.
But it is a valid point.
I do,know the Peachtree hides its solitary tube behind a glass panel in the amp so you cannot actually touch it.
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