AMC tube gear... any good?


Looking for some lower cost components and I've run across AMC tube amps and preamps. Is this gear any good? Is the company still selling it? Or would I be safer and happier going the Adcom route? I've had tube gear in the past, and always liked it.... just not sure if this is good stuff or not. thx....
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Showing 1 response by ponnie

I wouild personally stay away from it. There are several other units out there that sound better. From China and other places in the Orient. The integrated amp wasn't as good a my Stereo 70. Sound stage depth wasn't there. The top end was simply ok. Much better out there. I didn't like the arrangement of the wiring inside the unit and the tube sockets and replacing the tubes was a chore. Biasing was a BEAR!

Watch the Tube Preamp. I sold one to a guy and it took out his speakers. He was using a solid state amp and the preamp had several issues internally.