With the correct speaker nothing beats an OTL. I own Atma-sphere MA-1s. The M-60s are also very good at a lower price with less power.
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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OP, early in this thread, @bluethinker recommended the Audio Hungary P200. I’ve heard very good things about this company. Am not sure their stuff tilts warm, but wanted to make sure it got your attention. Build quality is superb; friend of mine is a dealer and loves their stuff. And it meets all of your other criteria - price, balanced out, silver, 100w…. |
one more thought: in the manual for your speakers, there’s actually a pretty lengthy discussion of biamping, and combining tubes with SS. In that context it references something called an “amp balancer” available from your Legacy dealer. I couldn’t find anything else on the www about it, but you might want to reach out to your dealer. |
This sounds like a nice testimonial, if it were true. I will just pick on Mcintosh. Fact is right now on Canuck Audio Mart there are 27 listings for Mcintosh Pre-amps- just 2 examples for newer preamps:
So yes, you are going to get as soaked selling a used Mcintosh pre as much as anything else, maybe more. At time of writing there are zero Primaluna Pre amp listings on Canuck Audiomart. (Yes, of course Mcintosh have been producing them for many more years and have sold a disproportionate amount compared to Primaluna- just providing a contrary viewpoint in favour of Primaluna) |
@audition__audio OTL amps are out of the question for my speakers. I’m sure that with some, OTL amplification would be perfect. @mdalton @larryi @darkblacksmoke Your insights come as a reminder that I am working with humble $10k speakers plus a modest amp upgrade budget. Need to forget bi-amping, leave my subs offline, choose the best one-chassis solution (more to this decision than pure SQ) and think more about what to do when my DAC dies. |
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