help with tubes


I am putting together a simple two channel system, I have a birdland dac and gma europas. I want a tube amp under 1300$ dollars, the ones I am comparing are the cayin, consonance and antique sound lab amps. I know the cayin and consonance have outstanding build quality not sure about the asl. My question is for someone who has heard them and can tell me the difference's sonically. I am leaning towards the cayin as the price of the ta-30 is incredible! That being said, I would like something with some power to drive the europas to good levels with some weight in the bottom end. Thanks for your responses! If anybody has suggestions for another brand let me know, also, since the birdland has volume I don't have to have an integrated.
sean34

Showing 2 responses by unclejeff

There are a lot of amps out there in your price range. I am unfamiliar with the comparisons you want to do so I suggest you take one of the amps and do a discussion forum search on it. What you will get are many referances to it and many people mentioning other amps in the same responses. Keep doing your searches and you will stumble upon some real interesting stuff.

Not that what might come next in this thread will/won't answer your question; it is just that this is a common question and the database hereabouts is amazing.