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Has anyone had any experience with Decware's SE34

I'm in the market for a integrated tube amplifier. My budget is $1,000 to $2,000. I'm considering Decware's SE34-I to mate with
my vintage Klipsch Heresy speakers. I listen to rock, jazz, blues, and classical music. My listening room is 12 x 24.

I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with this particular integrated, or perhaps, other Decware amplifiers.
My reason for not thinking about separates is mainly due to budget
constraints.

My current system:
Yamaha AX- 500U integrated amplifier.
Rotel RCD-965-BX
Rega Planar 3 w/ Rega Elys
Klipsch Heresy 1978 vintage
original Monster Cable speaker cable
Hsu VTF-2
Lehman black cube with standard power supply
VPI 16.5

Any suggestions on powercables, speaker cable and interconnect
cables to match the synergy of my system would be greatly appreciated. Any thoughts or suggestions concerning tube amplifiers are warmly welcomed.
mmaudio

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nealhood
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The Pathos Classic is suppose to be a really good amplifier. It is tubes on the input section with solid state transistors for the output. No op-amp stuff here.
There is a review in a previous issue of Stereophile (Nov, Dec or Jan - I don't remember). Also, search on the Audio Asylum "Amp-Preamp" forum and you will find some owner comments. If you can afford it then I would lean in this direction. I believe the dealers for this amp offer a 30-day trial.

The Unico's also come highly recommended. I doubt you could go wrong here either. Call Walter at Underwood HI Fi and talk to him.
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