Best tube integrated under 1500 new or used

Audio Valve Assistent. With high-efficiency speakers it sounds magnificent.

Michael

I have great response from a Jadis Orch Refer driving a pretty difficult speaker for a small tube amp.
Its a MTM speaker design and the little Jadis does wonders. However its difficult to find used at $1500, might have to go up to $1800.
Just as good would be one of the bigger Cayin's. Not their low end stuff.
The Cayin model I think compares with the Jadis is the one with the 4 KT 88's. Those are quite often found used here.
If I had a choice today I'd go with the Cayin for half the price as the Jadis.

Good Luck

Paul

Easter Electric Tube Integrated M520. On sale right now from Morningstar Audio.

I recently got an Unison Research Unico off Audiogon for $1000 used. I haven't heard it yet, but its supposed to be very good.

Plato is right about the TAD-60. I'm using it with Gallo 3.1 and (although I've only had it for a few days) it really sounds musical and detailed. Even with cds that aren't recorded well, I can get drawn into the music in a way that I've never been able to do as well. However, it's not strictly speaking an integrated amp. It's a power amp with volume control. It's only limitation as an integrated is that you have one input with the TAD-60.

Bob