I sold a freind a pair of 805 Matrix III's and he went first with a CJ 45 watt and now uses a Cary SLI-80 which beacuse of his smaller room he uses it in triode not needing the full 80 watts in push pull mode.He listens to some occasional punk rock but 90% of his listening is with jazz so tubes work for him.You have the basic trade off of less rolled off highs and tighter bass with SS but the joy of those little gems you have is in the mids and that's where the tubes will do there thing.Add a fast pitch accurate sub like a used Vandersteen down the line with a tube amp and you can ultimately have your (bass) cake and eat it too.What were you thinking of intergrated or seperates?New or used?Bang for the buck a used Rogue,VTL,Cary or VAC intergrated would be the way to go.
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