What's the greatest bargain in SET these days?

Hi Smctiguel

I too am looking at the Audio Mirror. What I find interesting is the fact that it uses the 6c33 tube, has some serious power and the reasonable price. Unfortunately I couldn't find any details or reviews beyond what is on their website. I was also a bit concerned about the heat output using those tubes. Could you kindly provide a bit more detail? The build quality and heft appear to be quite substantial as well. Thanks for your input.

I thought for sure the Torii would be a perfect amp for the De Capo's in my room (21'x24'). I sit 8' tweeter to ear. The Torii's ran out of steam at about 80db's and always sounded like they were on the cusp of clipping with compressed dynamics and soundstage. At low volume they sounded amazing but....Very dissapointing.

I thought for sure the Torii would be a perfect amp for the De Capo's in my room (21'x24'). I sit 8' tweeter to ear. The Torii's ran out of steam at about 80db's and always sounded like they were on the cusp of clipping with compressed dynamics and soundstage. At low volume they sounded amazing but....

Hi Tubegroover, early days with this amp but here are my impressions so far. The first thing that I immediately noticed was a beautiful tranparency. Instruments at the back of the soundstage have far more detail than my push pull amps. Instruments/sounds hang in space surrounded by lots of air - very cool. Liquid midrange but not syrupy - excellent detail. Tuneful bass and extended/sweet highs. Dynamic. I've listened to mostly Jazz so far, not sure if the amps will rock in my room yet, it's pretty large (21' x 24'). Listened to Kenny Burrel - Midnight Blue tonight. Toms, cymbals, guitar all floating in space on a black background. Beautiful tone on the guitar.

The amps run VERY hot!! Could be an issue in a small room, serious space heaters. Build quality is good. I haven't opened the hood yet but Vlad has a good reputation.

I'm going to pick up a pair of good NOS 6sl7's, maybe a nice 40's Tungsol, I currently have what looks like a later RCA in there with a very nice 40's Syl VT-231. I've read that the input tube has the most influence on the sound. Down the road I'll look at upgrading the coupling caps as well.

Nice synergy with the De Capo's. I listen at about 85db's generally. The amps seem to cruise at that volume. 90 to 95 and they sound a bit taxed. Again, my room is pretty big though. Very happy so far!

Smctigue1,
Well, with the Torii's putting out substantially more juice than the Rachael's 6 watts, it sounds like I avoided some disappointment with my De Capo's, although my room's only 11 x 16 x 8, so it's smaller than yours.