Little about me.I am 67 and more into cars /cycles but enjoy music during winter months. I have Tinnitus very bad and so I can not play music much over 70 db with high pitch horns ect. But I have Marantz SR 8002 and had until last week Mirage M-5's. 28 yrs and did not realize how deteriorated they become until someone sold a pair of Definitive Techogoly BP 8080ST and I could not beleive what I was missing on sound.. All along thought it was my hearing..So now that I can hear music separation along with my ringing it is a joy to hear more than I thought I would ever hear again. So with that I want to just see if a tube amp will allow me to hear music flow from the speakers as others describe.
So not knowing anything I have a dealer not to far selling Prima Luna tubes and my question is I see tube amp and pre tube amp.. To try a tube amp can you run from just one of these components ?? Does Prima Luna have a all in one unit if I need a amp and pre amp ???
I do not mind spending few thousand, but not sure how long my hearing will last and so just want to purchase low end just to see if I can hear a difference of tube vs solid state...thank you Joe
Well a update on Raven vs my Marantz SR8002 . A Raven Nighthawk arrived until the Raven Blackhawk Mk iii are ready for shipping.. Well I was totally surprised at what I did not hear through Marantz. The musical sounds and definitions of instruments is just enjoyable to hear .Something I would have never guessed a Tube amp could produce... So yes this is a Nighthawk so just hoping that what I hear with this tube amp I will hear with Blackhawk. If I hear the same or even just a hint better I will be very happy with Raven Product.. The Nighthawk is manual volume and can not wait for remote to arrive. Few songs with tinnitus was just a little to loud and wish I had remote ..But if you get a chance to hear Raven amp would like to know what you hear from it..thank You for all your responses and will let you know in a month or so about the Blackhawk experience..
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