Will62:
I feel your pain. I've seen these inexpensive and (at least in pictures) attractive Chinese tube amps and have wanted to know what people's experience is. From the comments I've seen (and look above at some of the responses) it seems very hit or miss. Some folk have great experiences and others less good. It feels like there's little consistency, so you could get a 'rough diamond' or a lemon...I think you'd be OK buying from Amazon (check return policy)
Other than that (in no particular order):
Good luck!
Gasbose
I feel your pain. I've seen these inexpensive and (at least in pictures) attractive Chinese tube amps and have wanted to know what people's experience is. From the comments I've seen (and look above at some of the responses) it seems very hit or miss. Some folk have great experiences and others less good. It feels like there's little consistency, so you could get a 'rough diamond' or a lemon...I think you'd be OK buying from Amazon (check return policy)
Other than that (in no particular order):
- I've heard great things about Musical Paradise.
- I've heard Yaqin has above-average quality (but see Stero5's comments. Of course, that was 12 years ago)
- Quicksilver is a long-standing name in audio. I heard of them in the 80's! But they're expensive.
- Remember how the 'free market system' works. Bad products get a bad name and people stop buying. Do you want to be the 'canary in the mine' who finds out which brands are bad?
Good luck!
Gasbose