Try some of the Jolida products. You get a lot for your money. I have the JD1501 tube/solid state integrated amp with 100 watts. I love it but you must know there are some limitations such as no phonostage and no tape loop and only one set of speaker outputs. Good side: tons of power, I run four 8 ohm speakers and the volume knob only goes 1/4 turn before the volume is too high. I got it at Response Audio on line for $575, including tube upgrades.
Tube integrated question
to this point, i have learned through trial and literature that Triangle celius(es) are well suited to tubes, and being that they are very sensitive, can be driven nicely by a moderately powered amp. The question i have is, how moderately powered? I ask this because my budget is low (under 1k for a used Integrated) and being that i never really play music at wall quaking levels, i thought that i would look into really nice looking tube integrateds in the 10-20 watt range for similar money to 40-60 watt integrateds of lesser quality. any suggestions? Is 10-20 watts too moderately powered to drive the speakers well?
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