Anyone hear a Croft Integrated Amp?

@noromance thank you!

Maybe I shouldn’t give up on the Croft quite yet and should buy those Shuguangs and a few more Telefunkens. I had a pair of the Shuguang’s but they are long gone with the Luxman tube integrated. Problem is I’m liking the Rogue Stereo 100 so much with the Croft 25R compared to the 7R. It’s making me want to try a Primaluna or a Rogue preamplifier. Rogue preamps scare me a little because I think Tube regulated power supplies and point to point wiring have real merit. Also it seems Herb Reichart really likes the Rogue Stereo 100 and Primaluna Premium combo.

I haven’t even experimented with the tubes in the 25R regulation sockets. Stock JJs still in place and that’s maybe a dumb move. Think I’ll swap them out tonight. 

The phono integrated truly responds to tube rolling. I was going to go high output cart, and avoid step up.... But now that P3's are dialed in, Vicoustic DC2 diffusion installed, and Amperex (Philips) mini-watt installed in Croft, I'm staying with Charisma (Denon) 103. It just sounds too darned good to mess with. I've been back and forth, and no doubt there are some good high output/MM carts, but again, I'm staying with the 103. I'm thinking the little A23 step-up, which I've owned and enjoyed, although never with Denon, or Bob's Sky 20.

I use to have a VPI Classic 1, ZU DL103, A23 SUT step up. Used it with the Leben phono. Was a pretty killer setup.  Really alive and organic. Wish I still had to compare to my SL-1200, SME M2-9, 20X2L, DV SUP-200 SUT, DV P75 Mk. 3. 

I hooked my Primaluna Dialogue Premium preamp to my Croft 7R. I like it. A lot! Harbeth Compact 7s seem to respond great to hybrid tube/mosfet amps as others have said. Wasn’t expecting to like it better then my Rogue Stereo 100. New additions are a Niagara power conditioner, Triode Wire Labs interconnects and power cables.