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Cheap Amazon Chinese tube pre amps

Just curious, anyone here ever use one of the many cheap tube pre amps  on Amazon? The reviews are pretty good but not sure if I trust that crowd. For under $100 it makes me want to warm up my system. Rolling tubes is obviously going to be a part of the equation. My system is decent but not high end so I wonder if it might buff off some of the edges from my ss amp
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whoopycat
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I've used an APPJ mini2013 every day for the last 6 years in my bedroom system with my Zus.  Love it, and it holds its own when I've hooked up much more expensive amps against it.
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veroman OP
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i loved my appj. finally sold it awhile back. never a problem so there is that. sold my musical paradise tube amp as well $400 new?. it was a giant killer for the money imo.
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veroman OP
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Update. I ordered an IFi micro tube 2 for 280$ Will review it when broken in. Likely run it just as a buffer. the reviews were all positive and from some trusted sources imo anyway.
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