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Liquid Midrange' - strong side of which tube amps?

I wonder if anybody can name tube amps with distinguished 'liquid' midrange. I myself can name just one – Octave Audio V 70 integrated. We listened to Steve Kuhn trio with Joe Lovano recording, and you could feel that absolutely real flow of the sound of piano. How it moves and fills the room in waves. But not all tube amps I listened to, produce this kind of sound. I specifically interested in integrateds. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience!
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pbnaudio
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Depending on your Speakers the Cary Audio CAD300SEi can produce what you are looking for.

Good Listening

Peter
zd542
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My VAC 30/30 will do what you're asking. But if you want an amp that's good for piano, my Ayre v-5's are better. The sound is very liquid like a good tube amp, and it has a lot more power. It can take command over a speaker in a way that a tube amp can't.
xti16
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I myself can name just one – Octave Audio V 70 integrated
Which output tubes did the Octave V70 have? The most liquid sounding tubes I had in mine were the EL 34's and original Tung Sol 6550 black or grey plates. The EL 34's did lack the lows. The TS 6550 have much better lows. Ei KT90 type 2 or 3 is also very good. I didn't care for the KT 120's when I upgraded to the V110.

That said Octave has released the V80SE which uses KT 150's. I have heard KT 150's in an AR amps and they sounded extremely good and realistic.

As Pbnaudio mentioned a lot will depend on your speakers. When I had Dyn C1's the TS 6550's were the best sounding. But when I upgraded to Raidho they were too warm and the Ei KT90's were the best.
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