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What would you buy

I am a tube lover. I currently have a Rogue Chronus Magnum and Vandys 2 sig E. I'm thinking upgrading my system. I believe I can get 1K for the Rogue and add 5K for a total of 6K available to spend. planning to keep the Vandys but I feel that my taste desires a little more bass than what I'm getting now. Vandys are great in the mids , voices etc but it lacks some deep bass. The Rogue doesn't have an output for a sub woofer. Musical taste is classic rock, jazz and blues. Here is the question with 6K to spend in amp/pre, integrated or mono/amp, what would you buy?
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millercarbon
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With what you just said, I would put half into a Swarm/distributed bass array. This will give you awesome unbeatable bass with any speakers you may use going forward. With the rest, and maybe a little more, the Raven Nighthawk https://www.ravenaudio.com/product/nighthawk-mk3-tube-amplifier/

This together will be almost exactly your $6k budget and a HUGE IMPROVEMENT across the board. Plus notice the Raven has not only a sub out but also a built-in crossover for extra flexibility.

If you build your DBA like I did then you can have either beautiful wood finish and two Dayton amps all for under $3k, OR you could have just as good quality bass with one Dayton amp and cheaper finish on the subs and keep the cost well under $2k. Either way this combo, the DBA and the Raven, will be darn near unbeatable for $6k.  https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
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I'm a PrimaLuna man. I had to get over my aversion to Chinese made gear and all is good now. The build quality is outstanding, looks not offensive to me and I really enjoy the way you can roll tubes painlessly. It's a lot of fun and I've owned many tube rigs over the last several decades. BTW, the sound quality is outstanding. I don't know your speakers and their power requirements. Good luck, stay safe and have fun.
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lobinero OP
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I heard good things about Prima luna. As a matter of fact, I made my decision to buy the Rogue over the PL bc the Rogue gave me more watts90 vs the PL 30. Im a little concern that tube amps dont put a lot of WPC vs SS amps. Maybe there is a better way to evaluate tube amps.

Millercarbon suggested the Raven. but just 30WPC!
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