Who makes the highest quality tube amps?
Hi Ralph, I have to sheepishly admit that I bought two of them used many years ago, one with cloth leads on what I believe is a U.S. built transformer and one with what I have read is a Japanese produced transformer. I took them to my tech upon purchase and he said everything was within spec and I have used them extensively without problem, although as of this time they are no longer being used, to be sold one of these days when I have the energy. Maybe the prior owners serviced them. George |
@clearthink "ozzy"The newest Carver amps are really quite special." Does that mean that your's haven't caught on fire yet? " Clearthink, you're not thinking clearly. If you're referring to 40+ year old SS Phaselinear amps that people over drove and claimed they "caught on fire" and extrapolating that to his modern tube amps, then your logic defies logic. The new Carver tube amps are the the most reliable tube amp I've ever owned. Quiet as SS amp, no tube hiss, no output tube failure in 7 years of use, no bias drifting, and bass extension and power of some of the best SS amps I know with all the good qualities tubes are known for. |
Since no one else has, I'll nominate any amp designed and hand-made by Roger Modjeski at Music Reference. Not that his RM-9, RM-10, RM-200, and his new low-power single-ended and OTL amps are THE best (IS there such a thing?), but they are well designed and built, last a long time with no cases of bursting into flames as some even much more highly priced tube amps have, and sound great. Ask anyone who has one! |
