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Big beautilful tube amp

AuGoNeRs,
I love nice looking gear and willing to sacrafice a bit on the sound quality.Can anyone recomend a BIG(70lbs+) single ended with alot of tubes in the open so i can see the glow at night.I am thinking about the BAT vk-60,but not sure if it would do well with my uno horn.keep it under 3k on the used market.thanks
ttrhp
pbb
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Weird criteria for chosing an amp!
honest1
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There are some tubes that light up quite brightly with a white rather than orange glow. I think they are 845s(?) - someone help me out here. I don't know if there are any amps that use lots of these, I did see an ART audio amp that used 2 per side (I think it was a Carissa, not sure), and it looked stunning. Maybe more than you want to spend, but there mustbe some inexpensive Chinese amps that use these tubes.

I also second the Atma-Sphere Novacrons - fabulous looking. Also the M60 owuld fit your requirements, but you should have efficient and high impedance 8ohm or more) speakers. MA1a would be great, but used around 4000 - 5000$.
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ozzy62
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Looks like most of those that responded didn't read your original post. More than half of the recommendations are NOT single ended tube amps. Pay attention people........

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