help with a lush 50 watt+ amp


i own vtl deluxe 120 monoblocks. i would like to purchase another amp, 50 + watts, which has less emphasis on the upper mid/lower treble than my current amp. i'm willing to lose resolution in order to gain a more vintage tube sound which can compensate for cds.

by now, many are aware of my taste for a highly euphonically colored sounds. yes, this is what i like. most of you don't like this sound.

i have been criticized for this. i'm a big boy so i can take it.

anyway, someone has to be the audiogon iconoclast, and i guess that someone is me.

thanks for your help
mrtennis

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my favorite amp is a cj mv125. hard to get. its heavy and a nightmare to ship.

next choice might be a cj mv100.

i am driving quad63s or maggie 1.6s, using a canadian preamp, 6sn7 based called the mapletree.
i think a conrad mv100 or mv125 may be the answer. do they sound the same except for power ?

i heard an mv125 driving magnepans. it was very pleantly, subtractively, euphonically colored. is my favorite amp of all time, next to the ja 80 driving a pair of mg3s.
i have heard prima luna amps and pre amps. they sound like solid state. i am looking for a vintage tube sound. it has nothing to do with how the quads are placed.

i like a very dark, highly euphonic sound which most people don't like. i have heard wadia gear. i don't want detail i want less deal, and subtractive coloration.

from my experience with the cj mv125, i think its almost as colored gets as far as amplifiers go, in its power rabge, over 100 watts.

i am having a hard time finding current made gear which i like because most current production components sound like harsh solid state even if they have tubes in them.

hopefully, i will find some 6922 tubes which can sufficiently darken the bat so i can live with it.

basically i like treble response as follows:

down 2 db at 2Khz, down 4 db at 4 Khz, down 8 db at 8 Khz, etc.

yes i am aware of equalizers, but i still need an amp, preamp and digital source and speakers.