wajobu
Boing Boom Tschak
Thanks to a recent thread on a "Budget Tube Amplifier", I got to reading and followed a bunch links and recommendations. Despite my long term affinity for SS equipment, I have wanted to branch into Tube Audio for quite some time; the sound, the history, the elegance of glowing tubes and their warmth, etc.
After doing some reading, I decided to part with a relatively small sum of money on a lark. I went here, partially at cruisaire's recommendation (it's his fault! ):
http://www.vista-audio.com/Custom/custom.htm
At the top of this page is the P6, based on PCL82 tubes (4 Westinghouse--appear to be NOS). I'm learning here guys so be patient with me. I wanted to start with a low power (5 wpc Class A, single ended), dead simple, integrated amp to hook up some efficient speakers and a CDP. It arrived yesterday and I hooked it up this morning. It's such a pretty little amp. The speaker connections (based on the red and black colors) were a bit counter-intuitive, but hook-up instructions were included--nice. Listening tests to follow over the weekend, but the early word is: IT SOUNDS REALLY SWEET!
Boris from Vista-Audio was very helpful with securing the purchase. So, here's to ANOTHER new adventure...
Oh, and BTW, our Music Room now has another source of heat besides Yamaha in Class A
After doing some reading, I decided to part with a relatively small sum of money on a lark. I went here, partially at cruisaire's recommendation (it's his fault! ):
http://www.vista-audio.com/Custom/custom.htm
At the top of this page is the P6, based on PCL82 tubes (4 Westinghouse--appear to be NOS). I'm learning here guys so be patient with me. I wanted to start with a low power (5 wpc Class A, single ended), dead simple, integrated amp to hook up some efficient speakers and a CDP. It arrived yesterday and I hooked it up this morning. It's such a pretty little amp. The speaker connections (based on the red and black colors) were a bit counter-intuitive, but hook-up instructions were included--nice. Listening tests to follow over the weekend, but the early word is: IT SOUNDS REALLY SWEET!
Boris from Vista-Audio was very helpful with securing the purchase. So, here's to ANOTHER new adventure...
Oh, and BTW, our Music Room now has another source of heat besides Yamaha in Class A