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Tube amps under $7500

Ready to experiment with combinations never before (or not recently) tried. Step one requires a tube amp. Now looking at Prima Luna EVO 400 which sells for 5K. Any other tube amps I should consider in this price/feature range? Must come in silver with balanced input. For pairing experimentally with various tube and SS preamps. Efficient 4 ohm Legacy speakers (and the room/setup) are the constants.

 

hickamore
rhg3
205 posts
 

The OP stated, “I love the romantic, tube-y sound”, so I’m not getting the ARC recommendations. 

bpoletti
1,552 posts
 

Audio Research D-79A.

honeyooi
124 posts
 

@ hickamore, May I suggest Manley.

i have snapper, mono amp, powerful 100w .

have balance but not auto bias. 

rajugsw
214 posts
 

Black Ice Audio. I’ve owned the F100 mononlocks and F360 Preamp for over a year and Tube rolled from the stock KT88’s to 6550 and now KT170’s with no issues !

My friend bought their F22 (no XLR) and runs KT170’s in it as well. F35 gets you the XLR input.

 

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hilde45
4,974 posts
 

@hickamore There's a good thread about it, here.

Point to point wiring and really good transformers. No money spent on advertising or marketing. Everything goes into the amps.

Most agree that Quicksilver is an excellent value. 

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