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Vintage tube sound from a modern amp

I am just collecting names of makes and models of tube amps that harken back to the older classic tube sound but have modern chassis, connectors etc. Any such amps you guys enjoy?

So far names that have come up are Cary SLI series, CJ Art and classic 62/120.

Many tube companies are pushing more and more to a neutral and fast airy (thinner) sound. So its becoming increasingly difficult to find gear with that classic sound the exemplifies the beauty of music.

smodtactical
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oddiofyl
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immatthewj
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Cary used to wire their amps point to point.  I don't know for sure if that still holds true, although I think it does.  I do know that my Cary SLP90 (pre) is wired point to point, but the SLP05I recently picked up is PCB. 

immatthewj
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@oddiofyl  , that one is a looker.  If it sounds like it looks, I bet it is killer.

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Thanks!   It is candy for the ears too.   Check out Matt Formanek's other amazing amps at 

www.toolshedamps.com 

He is in the process of building me a matching DHT preamp.   This is my endgame amplification , it's that good.    

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@oddiofyl Certainly beautiful. I wonder what the internals look like. I think I reached out before but didn't get a reply about internals.

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