Budget up to $1500 for a fully restored unit, what do you recommend for a really tubey and soft and warm sounding 1970s (or even 1960s or 1980s) integrated amp? It also needs to be refinded sounding, of course. My only source would be a DAC (computer based). Power is irrelevant. I have pretty efficient and easy to drive speakers. 10W is probably enough. Not interested in receivers, just integrated amps. I'm wide open on brand and model, honestly. I'm pretty new to vintage audio. I'm stuck in paralysis by analysis mode right now ...
"Tubey" Warm Sounding Integrated Amp Recommendations?
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Dswankey
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[QUOTE="greg77543, post: 14912233, member: 350209"...Not interested in receivers, just integrated amps. I'm wide open on brand and model, honestly. I'm pretty new to vintage audio. I'm stuck in paralysis by analysis mode right now ...[/QUOTE]
It seems so, as you've created a handful of threads in the past couple of days asking variations of the same question.
One suggestion I would have is if you're gonna create a thread asking for advice, suggestions etc at least reply back when folks offer up those suggestions and advice's
https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/i...700-or-au-9900-for-best-sound-quality.965005/
https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/i...tz-1070-or-kenwood-ka-6006-or-ka-8006.964751/
It seems so, as you've created a handful of threads in the past couple of days asking variations of the same question.
One suggestion I would have is if you're gonna create a thread asking for advice, suggestions etc at least reply back when folks offer up those suggestions and advice's
https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/i...700-or-au-9900-for-best-sound-quality.965005/
https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/i...tz-1070-or-kenwood-ka-6006-or-ka-8006.964751/
A lot of cap coupled amps have that sort of sound. I'm a bit partial to early Sherwood stuff, but probably just because I happen to own an S9500a. It has sonics reasonably similar to my S5500II tube integrated too.
Standard old stuff warnings are going to apply to most vintage gear though. My Sherwood is from 1968 and was full of off-value resistors, some noisy transistors, and bad caps. It needed a full overhaul in order to run at it's best and you can expect similar sorts of things from anything pushing the half century mark. Japanese stuff often seemed to run better resistors than early US solid state gear but its not a guarantee they will all be good.
Standard old stuff warnings are going to apply to most vintage gear though. My Sherwood is from 1968 and was full of off-value resistors, some noisy transistors, and bad caps. It needed a full overhaul in order to run at it's best and you can expect similar sorts of things from anything pushing the half century mark. Japanese stuff often seemed to run better resistors than early US solid state gear but its not a guarantee they will all be good.
Lavane
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Lavane
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Vfets do sound a lot like tubes. Those are good choices also.
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Coolhandjjl
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No one hits a home run on the first shot. It’s a journey. There is no substitute for trying something out, learning about it, and selling it for something different if it’s not your cup o’ tea.
I’ve used close to two dozen amps/receivers/pre-power amps over a 50 year period before I settled on my mid 70’s era Marantz separates........ for now
I’ve used close to two dozen amps/receivers/pre-power amps over a 50 year period before I settled on my mid 70’s era Marantz separates........ for now
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It seems so, as you've created a handful of threads in the past couple of days asking variations of the same question.
One suggestion I would have is if you're gonna create a thread asking for advice, suggestions etc at least reply back when folks offer up those suggestions and advice's
https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/i...700-or-au-9900-for-best-sound-quality.965005/
https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/i...tz-1070-or-kenwood-ka-6006-or-ka-8006.964751/[/QUOTE]
Just a WAG, but this may have had something to do with his disappearance.
