Amp recommendations


Looking for some advice. My 25 year old amp has given up the ghost and I haven’t kept up with what’s good out there. Instead of sinking money in my existing amp, I’m thinking of replacing it. The amp that went bad is a Cary Audio CAD 300B (none of the tubes are working, one of the rectifiers flashes when turned on, I checked the tube fuses). The preamp is a Cary Audio SLP-70 (I recently had it checked out and retubed it). The speakers are Chapman T-7. I also have a Creek CD-60 and Project 1.2 turntable. Music Meter inter connects. My budget is around $4000 for a new amp. Is this a reasonable budget? What amp recommendations do you have? I’d prefer to stay with vacuum tube but if there are solid state amps that you’d recommend, please do so. I can provide specs on the components if needed. Thanks for your advice.
z32kerber

Showing 1 response by yogiboy

Being a Quicksilver fan boy I highly recommend that brand. My friend is using the Mono 120 amps with his Proacs and loves them. I use the Silver 70s ( 70 watt ) with my low sensitivity ( 83db ) Harbeths with no problem. You should take a look at the Sixty Watt Mono amps as they would drive those speakers just fine and at 3 grand you will be getting a bargain!
http://quicksilveraudio.com/amplifiers/