Biasing: thing is, power amps are huge and heavy and live in a dark spot down by the floor where I would need to crawl like a reptile with a flashlight more often than I find comfortable for normal maintenance jobs.
Tube amps under $7500
Ready to experiment with combinations never before (or not recently) tried. Step one requires a tube amp. Now looking at Prima Luna EVO 400 which sells for 5K. Any other tube amps I should consider in this price/feature range? Must come in silver with balanced input. For pairing experimentally with various tube and SS preamps. Efficient 4 ohm Legacy speakers (and the room/setup) are the constants.
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Biggest reason to avoid tube amps, at least in my case… 1. relatively short life of power tubes (around 2000hrs) 2. cost of maintenance 3. tube rolling - too many choices, aggravates OCD 4. every noise the system makes - tubes are first to get blamed 5. every listening session that results in less than satisfactory experience - tubes are the first in line of usual suspects With that said, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the ST-100. It’s a great sounding amp. Very quiet, resolving and dynamic. However I am done with tubes for time being. |
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@hickamore - I recommend the Audio Hungary Qualiton P200. You can use KT 120 or KT 150 tubes with it. Fantastic sounding amp. I use it with a Linear Tube Audio Microzotl preamp. For my taste, it’s a sublime combination.
Audio Hungary also makes some integrated amps, but I think going for separates makes more sense. The Audio Hungary P200 amp is incredible.
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