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Music Angel Amplifiers

ianj454

ianj454

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I have been wanting a tube amp for a while. In my area there is not a big market for vintage stereo equipment, and I haven't seen anything tube pop up ever. Rather than wait for something used, I was thinking on buying new.Has anyone ever bought any of these chinese amps? What is the build quality like?

I am not looking for a lot of power, I have my main amp for that. I would like to have something to hook up to my minimus 7's and listen to my ipod on.
 
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think about "musical paradise".. designed in your country made in Chi. and sourced in your country. Nice looks and decent reviews by some AKrs. do a search to see whats been said. These would be my choice for a nice SE amp. Not too pricy either. the 301 at 299$
 
I just received my Music Angel amp after a 70 day journey across the Pacific.

http://www.china-hifi-audio.com/mus...p-p-133.html?zenid=lml92k1p1r5kjpatuj6adjtoi3

I paid $152 for it and $50 for shipping (going for cheapest) It now costs $172 for the amp

I AM IN NO WAY AN EXPERT OR IN ANY WAY QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE ANYTHING BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION

I am satisfied with the amp. I wish I had gotten a EL34 or KT-88 amp but I went total inexpensive

It looks very cool. The build quality is adequate and it works as advertised.

There is a burn in period wherein the amp gives off fumes for a few days

They misspelled the quaint saying on the PT

As printed - "Without Music life is alourmay through a desert"

I compared it with a Scott 299c, a heathkit AA-121, a MAC1500, a MAC 1900, A Marantz 2226b and a VOM 1428.

While it functions as Hi-Fidelity, it seems to lack Bass

I am glad to have one.

That is my fan I put on top

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Music Angel

I agree with Omega Man.

I have the same Music Angle Amp as part of my work/office system, I find it very adequate for what I bought it for. I too agree about the fact that if i had it to do over I would of got the version that uses the EL34 Tubes, I did not know that there was a model like that when I ordered the version I got.

Also trust me, if you are going to order one, pay the addition to get the EMS Express or Fedex delivery. As it takes forever to get, and its well worth the extra shipping fundage.

I did order a set of replacement tubes for mine:

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Ive had 2 Music Angels so far. My 1st, an EL84 was 15wpc, and it was very nice. Sounded real good, build quality was okay. Took me 10 days to get from order to arrival. My 2nd is the YC-808MK, KT88. Love it. Lotsa power, decent build. I did send it out for some modding though. I had the bias pots moved to the rear top instead of inside underneath. Should be getting it back soon. Cant wait. The YC-808 took 10 days also to arrive. Not sure why it took Omegaman 70 days?

Just wanted to add, I didnt pay additional shipping and still got both my Music Angels in 10days. There is a seller on ebay and also the website. Got mine thru the website. If I can still find the link, and its allowed, Ill post it here

http://www.hi-end.on9mart.com/index.html

oh, and I am NOT affiliated with this company in any way.
 
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I figure I will throw my limited knowledge in here. I am the owner of a Music Angel KT88 YC-808 Integrated Amp. After ordering I received mine in 8 days from Hong Kong. My biggest concern with the amp before it arrived was build quality, that was soon erased as it has very good build quality. It can be run either Ultra Linear or Triode, 70/40 watts respectively. The curcuit is nothing if not stable, I have yet to need to re bias this amp, and that is after rolling in and out many driver tubes. Sound quality is outstanding, would a 2 or 3 thousand dollar amp sound better, Im sure it would, but would it sound 2500 dollars better, I doubt it. If you are looking for a low cost, well built tube amp, I can highly suggest trying this one out.
 
Thanks for the input guys. I looked through all the tube amps on ebay, and the music angel mini L3 fits my budget the best. What is your opinion on this amp?
 
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Anyone know what output transformers are under those pretty covers and who makes them? I looked all over the web and zilch.
 
Hello Ian, Not wanting to fool around with older equipment or buy offshore I bought a musical paradise mp-301. At the time they were selling them refubed for 299. I changed the tubes for those large bottle 6l6's, it sounds really good. I then bought a dared vp-20 from epay which I beleive sounds even better, only thing is it cost twice as much. I tend to listen to the dared most of the time now.
 
I want to bring this thread up again to see if there are any others who have tried out some of these tubes amps. Specifically Music Angel.

Mine is still in daily use and will continue to be in daily use. I totally love it.
 
Edriz,
I bought the Mini L3 EL34 for Christmas last year. Use it daily and no problems with the exception of 1 blown fuse. Emailed the dealer to confirm size and had a response in less than 24 hrs!
I have it paired with a McIntosh MX-112 and sounds great.
 
HI Edriz,

How is your Music Angel YC-808MK doing? Been researching about options which tube amp to get that are atleast 20KGs. I found out this particular model is at 20kgs. Can you confirm this? I was sold with Yaqin product but due to my country parcel weight restrictions, dealers from Hong Kong can't send the amp here. So i'm looking for decent option. I have to do my research again. Is the YC-808MK newer model than the other MA KT88?

Thanks!

PS: Sorry for bumping this thread. :banana:


Edriz said:
I want to bring this thread up again to see if there are any others who have tried out some of these tubes amps. Specifically Music Angel.

Mine is still in daily use and will continue to be in daily use. I totally love it.
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filmguerilla said:
HI Edriz,

How is your Music Angel YC-808MK doing? Been researching about options which tube amp to get that are atleast 20KGs. I found out this particular model is at 20kgs. Can you confirm this? I was sold with Yaqin product but due to my country parcel weight restrictions, dealers from Hong Kong can't send the amp here. So i'm looking for decent option. I have to do my research again. Is the YC-808MK newer model than the other MA KT88?

Thanks!

PS: Sorry for bumping this thread. :banana:
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Man, I cant believe its been almost 2 years since I got my MA YC-808MK!! Lets see if I can help ya out here. Not sure what 20KG's are but the 808 weighs in at 55lbs. Yeah, its a heavy lil sucker.

As far as I know, the 808MK was the newest in the KT-88 series, but that was almost 2 years ago. I gotta tell ya, I love this amp. Its clean, neutral sound is just what my Lascalas ordered. I did have some modifications done to mine though. Through my own stupidity, I tried biasing this amp and was doing the entire process totally wrong, which led me to redplatting one of the tubes. That was not a good thing for me since I have or had no experience with tube amps what so ever. I seriously thought I damaged the amp, luckily I didn't. Just messed up a tube. I decided then to have the bias pots relocated. It is a real PITA to bias this amp as is if ya don't know what your doing and you have hands that are in as bad shape as mine.

A sent the MA to a fellow AKer who relocated the bias pots for me using 2 small volume pots, I believe, and relocated them to the rear top 2 corners. Bias now is as simple as turning the pots. He added one 1/4" plug to the sides on each corner and also made leads with 1/4" plugs. To Bias, attach the plugs to a DMM, plug it in and adjust using the volume pots he installed for adjustments. I tell ya, its stupid easy to adjust bias, which I haven't done in a year but do check it every 2-3 months and it stays right where I had it set.

While he was inside, he also upgraded caps and resisters. All I know is he added some big red WIMA caps and not sure what he used for resistors but, the results were phenomenal.

I do want to add though, if you or someone local you know is experienced with biasing tube amps, bias adjustment without the mods is easy enough, just a pain for someone with my limited capabilities. Even out of the box with no other mods, the MA-808MK sounded surprisingly good for its price point. Im sure if the mods I had done were done at the factory, the price of the MA would be at least $300-400 more then the original asking price.

I can tell ya this, if I was still in the market for a tube amp, I wouldn't hesitate to buy one of these.
 
It's the OPT's (Output Transformers), as I have Eico HF-12's and fan or no fan no difference. I tried better OPT's and the highs and lows are better. Thought it was just the lows lacking also, but the highs were a better also. It was a low cost amp too back in the day! The HF-81 uses the same OPT's and just about everybody raves about them as they do sound musical and non fatiguing however on CD's etc. compared to SS.
 
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Heya - Gunna dredge this thread since the Title is very generally 'Music Angel Amps' and I have a Music Angel Amp question.

I haven't looked at your (prob outdated) links yet, but on the MA listings on ebay I am likely to see an out put figure '30'. Now I'm smart enough to think they're talking about 30 'watts', but do they mean per channel or are they trying to be 'tricky' and mean total combined output; AKA 15w/ch . It sort of makes a difference to me.

What with pricing how it is the entry level to tubes is looking Chinese if nothing comes up as a 'found' bargain, which is highly unlikely here in the back of Oz.

Interested in getting a Music Angel MENG EL34 MINI L3. Only 2 inputs tho ?
 
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If I were to buy a Music Angel it would be this SET amp with the mighty 845 triodes.

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Music Angel XDSE 845 ?

...but it still just says Output '40'. Is that p/channel or total ?
(It's twice my budget anyway)
 
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845 amps are some of the most powerful of SET amps. They probably make around 20+ watts per channel.

Since SET amps operate in full class A the usable power output is not the same as non class A amps.
 
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