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Wonderful little tube preamp section with an AB amplifier. The sound is warm and full with good pace, but lacking in inner detail, imaging, soundstage, and dynamics. At $130 with shipping this is "The Little Amp That Can". I have teamed this amp with the following equipment for an analog vinyl playback system in a near field arrangement for late night listening in the sitting area of the bedroom. Schiit Mani Phono Preamp JVC QL7/TT1 Turntable, ADS Carbon Fiber Tone Arm, Sumiko Blue Point Cartridge Precise Audio Monitor 10 Speakers Kimber Cables The midrange is very convincing in its realism especially with vocals. The bass is full with a slight lack of control and definition. The highs are recessed and soft. Overall this amp is musical and a joy to listen to at moderate levels of approximately 85 db, which on this system had the volume control at the 3/8 setting. At higher listening levels the sound became congested and less enjoyable. The Count Basie Album, Basie Jam (45 RPM LP sourced from analogue Productions)sounded especially realistic and musical. Highly Recommended....!!!Read full review
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Pre-amplifier is tubes, power amp is solid state. Advertised as 25w per channel. Probably more like 12.5w. Not new technology, been about for years. For the price, less than $130, it's a decent amp. Bluetooth mode is what makes this amp worth the price. Appears to be manufactured with good grade materials. The Chinese are beginning to figure out that the western world wants quality.....much like happened in Japan during the 50's and early 60's.
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I bought this item as a valve/tube amp is on my bucket list and couldn't resist the price! I'm no audiophile but I remember the old tube amps and this is nothing like them. Clean sound and 'old school' features like manual volume/bass/treble controls. I did stumble across an article about this amp which stated the tube heater voltages were a tad high so I soldered some heavy duty resistors to drop the volts back to normal range, which should extend the life of the tubes. Great little amp for the price.
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Nice little amp. Attractive too. Lots of compliments
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Really good sound and so cool looking to. I put it next to my Ham Radio and plug it into the external speaker. Nice
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