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Tube Amp Suggestions

I have had the audio affliction for about 10 years. I am finally ready to venture into the world of tube amps and would appreciate any ideas my fellow audiophiles might have. My current set up is theta basic II with a camelot uther IV going directly into a pass labs aleph 5 and audio physic virgo II speakers. All wiring is tara labs air 1. Budget is $2,000 to 3,000 new or used.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
sgunther
didactically
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How far into name calling will you go before coming up for air and emulate some semblence of maturity, dignity, respect and sanity, anyway.

What you call others says more about you than them. It does not change anyone in any way. Even if they retaliate: push your face in, or worse (which you obviously have no fear of here in the safety of cyberspace) they just demonstrate they are like you already, or worse. You do not make them that way. No one can.

What do you get out of it anyway. What do you 'like' about it, to do it so persistently. Is it anything you can share? In the light of day.

What ever happened to 'audio'? Thankfully youall are a minority here.
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yioryos
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Dida
You talk about insults,you wrote the book on them.Read your answers you are rude and loudmouth and full of insults towards the others.Check your comments above about"who can be a man or a boy"and about "picking noses" and "wives" and so on.What's that got to do with AUDIO?
evita
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Sgunther,

So...uh...what amp did you decide on?
didactically
142 posts
 
Yea. I agree. Lets talk audio. How you doing?
didactically
142 posts
 
ATI,
...though I continue the search for low distortion (<0.1% THD/IMD over a respectable frequency range, somewhat greater than 20hz-20khz) tube amp with say at least 40w of power.

I would use it for the main panels of my active eq/xo 2-way open baffle system. Contiuing to use SS for the also open baffle woofers (2-12" dynamic drivers in push-pull configuration each woofer) which reqire only 50w of power themselves.

A 40w tube amp is roughly equivenent to say a 100w solid state (the min reqmt for the 2-8" mid + tweeter panels).

There are several distortion free ss amps available for as little as $200, I just believe the ATI is the better bargain.

If I had money to burn, which I would be doing, I would indugle myself in the exquisite beauty of the Jeff Rowland Design Gourp line (which actually come with an optional clear plastic to reveal the interior, which is a work of art...but $8k) though not because I expected it to perform any better than say even the $200 vintage Hafler DH-200/220.

Do you know of a tube amp that will meet the criteria (above)?
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