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| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Audio research i/50 can be had used in your budget. Margules 240i harder to find, but possibly similar price. A Willsenton R8 will be cheaper even with tube rolling if you are looking for transmitter tube integrateds (211s, 845s, 805s) you migh... | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room Studio Electric M4 (passive, 2-way, acoustic suspension) Amphion Argon 3s (passive, 2 way, rear, passive radiator) Buchardt Anniversary 10s (active, 2-way) Alta Audio Alyssa (passive 2-way) Quad Revela One (passive 2-way) Genelec 8351 (active... | |
| How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound? I have a pair of Q Acoustics M20s. I bought them because I had seen reviews about how remarkably good they sounded. They were not expensive by today's standards, a pair of 2-way ported active speakers for about $500. I connected them to a streamer... | |
| Amps that don’t impersonate space heaters. Class A done well has special qualities that seem to come at a price. Only tubes seem to extract a similar price, thermally. I can suggest a couple of options: Combine a tube section preamp with a well-designed Class D (e.g., a ProJect Pre Box RS... | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps Thoress Margules | |
| Pairing Bookshelf Speakers to my Yamaha A-S801 Studio Electric M4 2-way, non-ported. A little over your budget, but excellent speakers Amphion Argon 3S also 2-way, non ported but with a rear passive radiator, used, in budget, new, about $3600. Elac Vela 2.0, pair, about $3000 I have not hea... | |
| Need A 10-30 watt Tube Power Amp, Lower Heat Output, Which Sounds Great, Under $1500 Used For a power amp, the NAD C298 I have found mates well with a tube preamp. It is class-D using the Purify module. It runs cool. Used, it is at your price range. I am using one now with a Pro-Ject Pre Box RS2 Digital preamp (which has a tube gain s... | |
| Need A 10-30 watt Tube Power Amp, Lower Heat Output, Which Sounds Great, Under $1500 Used NuPrime IDA-8. Class A-D. Compact. Runs cool. | |
| Need A 10-30 watt Tube Power Amp, Lower Heat Output, Which Sounds Great, Under $1500 Used I suggest a Sugden A21 SE Signature. 30W Class A. Solid-state integrated, of course. Despite Class A, it isn't a room heater. Over your budget. Willsenton R8. push-pull, tube. Integrated. Can run EL34s as well as KT88s, the former in your wattage... | |
| Integrated Suggestions for a Garage System If you are looking for a wireless control option (e.g., smartphone controllable) the Sonos Amp could be what you would need. You could put it in another room and run a speaker wire to your garage, or find a space in the garage out of the way. It i... | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... I guess I have had pretty good luck with my Class D amps. I had a Peachtree Nova 300 running ICEPower modules, and it sounded pretty good. I now use a NAD C298 with Purifi modules (using a ProJect PreBox RS2 Digital preamp) and it sounds great. I ... | |
| Is It Worh Modding An Amp Unless there is something deficient in the design, or parts have worn out, what is the point? I modded my Willsenton R8 integrated KT88 amp, upgrading and adding some parts (mainly resistors and audio path capacitors, and upgrading a choke) and I ... | |
| Is there a clear definition of what "Integrated" means? No there isn't. It needs inputs. If there are more than one, it needs an input selector. It needs a volume control (not necessarily a physical one, one on a wireless smartphone app is an alternative.) It needs an amplifier with speaker terminal... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Reading these responses, I also have to wonder whether you are trolling. | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Are the $30K used speakers in the condition you would want? For that money, I would travel to see them and listen to them. If they were what I wanted and were in acceptable condition, I would buy used. The value, assuming they still worked should ... |