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Anyone Here Have Atma-Sphere Amps?

I find these amps very intriguing and was wondering what people with real experience think. I have read all the reviews
which are generally excellent except for some reason Stereophile has not reviewed them as far as I can tell.
The main question I have is how often if ever do you blow a tube and how long are your tubes lasting. Do you have any quibbles. I would love to find an MA 3 owner as that is one ballsy amplifier. There is no such thing as overkill when it comes to power amps.
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pstores
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I have the MA-1 silvers and M60’s as well as a hot rodded UV-1. And can say Bob  is spot on.... Never had an issue with the tubes. Also he customer support is one of the absolute best in the industry. His amps and preamps are truly magnificent in my humble opinion. 
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mijostyn OP
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Thanx pstores. It certainly seems hard to find someone with a negative comment. I have not had a tube amp since my Stereo 70 days. Plenty of tube preamps including the first Conrad Johnson which I tore out of its chassis mounted it in a new box minus most of the switches, wired it with silver wire and added a Sowter MC transfomer internally. No boredom in my life. It was ugly as hell. 
mr_m
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I looked at a Atma-Sphere amp a few years ago. What I do remember was it looked of very good build quality and was red in color. What I don't remember, was it an integrated or a power amp? What was it's output? And lastly, what was its retail price? Could someone help my failing memory?  ;-)
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atmasphere
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If it was red, it was an employee's set of M-60 power amps.
mr_m
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Thanks, Ralph. I saw them at Audio Perfection in Minneapolis Minn. Probably not far from you.
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