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| Tube Amplifier for Thiel What do you think of BAT VK-500? It sounds like a power horse with lots of power. What do you think a good matching tube pre-amp for it? The problem is that my CDP doesn't have balanced output; so I need to find a pre-amp, best under $1500, that h... | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel Last night, I come across this article written by Marc Mickelson from SoundStage. http://www.soundstage.com/rise01_4.htm"I've used my Thiels with a variety of tube amps, including a conrad-johnson Premier 11A (70 watts, ultra fidele), a pair of Lu... | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel Tube pre-amp + SS amp is the combo I decide to go after. For power amp, I hope to find a Krell or Bryston monos or CJ within my budget. | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel Thanks for the comments. My room is about 12'W x 15'D. I also enjoy listening to tube sound. Does anyone find using tube pre-amp would help introduce the tube "sweetness" into the system, even through SS power amp? Salectric, I am curious to know ... | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel I want to limit my spending on this between $2k to $2.5k. | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel Thank you all for the advice and comments. I believe I could basically rule out tube integrated amps in the equation for Thiel CS3.6. Unfortunately, most of the great SS power amp's mentioned here are little too expensive for my pocket. I wonder i... |