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In Reply to: Re: You should try a good tube amp...... posted by Ozzy on September 07, 2004 at 08:46:56:
Tubes amps owned:
CJ CAV50 [also had a CJ 2250]
Anthem Amp 1
Anthem Integrated 1 [still have one]
Jolida 707A
Jolida 502B
Jolida 302B
Jolida 102A
Jolida 102B
Cayin TA30
Bottlehead Parasex
Bottlehead Paramour
ASL Wave 8's
Various vintage tubed receivers
All of the above were/are good amps. I'm also sure there have been others I'm just not thinking of at the moment. I also would take the Bryston over any of them. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
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None of the above list is a prime example of good tubed amps. I certainly wouldn't judge tubed gear solely by that collection.
Yes, I've heard most of them.
Jack
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Those are all DECENT tube amps (I have owned the Jolida Jd302b before and it was pretty nice). However, you should try one of the better VTLs, BAT VK75, Music Reference RM200 (heard this sound wonderful with a Hovland preamp), Audio Research VT100 etc. These will outperform the Bryston significantly in terms of make the music breathe more like live (with appropriate recordings of course. You can't replicate what isn't on the recording).
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What are the list prices of these amps you are recommending? Don't all these amps cost at least 1.5X the 3B-SST? Most well over 2X?
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