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RE: Small and cheap integrated amps on ebay ... any good one ?













I have heard many of the "chip" amps, and have even owned a few. In my opinion they all sound flat and compromised.

If it were me I would take my time and find a vintage gem such as the ones pictured above. I would then have inmate Michael Samra, or Don Sachs refurbish it. You will then have a amp that will out live you, and sound waaaaaay better than the junk crap with tiny little transformers, poor parts quality, and no way to service stuff from across the Pacific.

There is a plentiful supply of integrated tube amps in the $150 to $350 range on ebay from Fisher, Eico, Sherwood, HK, Stromberg Carlson, and many others.

These amps all have great iron, and once properly rebuilt will crush the aforementioned crap.




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