RE: Stick with solid state if you have to have instant gratification.

Have you heard that specific model?

I mean my low-pass amp costs 70$ on Amazon and my high-pass amp was around 300$ including all the modding and the upgraded PSU.
As such I don't belong to the "there's no decent amp under 2000$" category, let alone the "there's no good amp under 5000$" folks
I know that specifically, tube amps generally cost much more to BUILD than their class D / AB counterparts but I also know that in a system with two Chinese class D amps, and a 250$ Chinese DAC, it could be" politically correct" to use a 200$ tube amp, all things considered.

I don't really get the bias against China and their cheap amplifiers; there's crap, and there's good stuff.
I would be inclined to believe Steve Guttenberg's Audiophiliac review and the 5 stars ratings on Amazon rather than a "cheap crappy tube amps from China" automatic bias, sorry (and I'm sure you mean well).
To close that little rant, I would argue that if Schiit Audio is able to propose a fully fonctional tube preamp MADE IN THE USA for around 800$, then there's no reason why a country like china shouldn't be able to propose great value 12W/ Channel tube amp for 200$.
No Manley beater, rest assured, but probably good enough for those who don't have the money?

Anyways.

I'm really not sure I will go down that road since the practical/reliability/electricity consumption is too far off from what I (and more importantly my second half) are used to; I had the same dilemma when I wanted to try a small class A amp based on the JLH69 circuit.

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Topic - Tube amp daily routine? - KanedaK 00:05:56 02/17/20 (24)

Stick with solid state if you have to have instant gratification. - ppopp 15:24:09 02/17/20 (6)

RE: Stick with solid state if you have to have instant gratification. - KanedaK 02/18/2000:03:43 02/18/20 (0)

Thank you - airtime 16:15:04 02/17/20 (4)

RE: Thank you - KanedaK 02:04:13 02/18/20 (3)

I understand your pain - airtime 07:05:25 02/18/20 (2)

Airtime, What happened to the Latino tube amp you had? - Cougar 10:46:39 02/18/20 (1)

RE: Airtime, What happened to the Latino tube amp you had? - airtime 10:59:30 02/18/20 (0)

RE: Tube amp daily routine? - AbeCollins 08:34:45 02/17/20 (5)

RE: Tube amp daily routine? - airtime 08:43:53 02/17/20 (4)

RE: Tube amp daily routine? - AbeCollins 10:38:20 02/17/20 (3)

I remember when we were selling the cute little Pass Aleph 3 - johntoste 12:06:19 02/17/20 (2)

Like this one that I owned many many years ago? ;-) - AbeCollins 18:56:55 02/17/20 (1)

Exactamundo! - johntoste 09:47:34 02/18/20 (0)

Do a search on leaving tube gear on 24/7 - airtime 05:47:43 02/17/20 (1)

RE: Do a search on leaving tube gear on 24/7 - Mick Wolfe 09:05:22 02/17/20 (0)

RE: Tube amp daily routine? - cawson@onetel.com 02:33:59 02/17/20 (8)

RE: Tube amp daily routine? - KanedaK 09:02:44 02/17/20 (0)

Amps that have a standby switch THUMP! - Story 03:04:42 02/17/20 (6)

RE: Amps that have a standby switch THUMP! - cawson@onetel.com 04:07:40 02/17/20 (5)

RE: Amps that have a standby switch THUMP! - Sondek 06:40:01 02/17/20 (4)

RE: Amps that have a standby switch THUMP! - cawson@onetel.com 07:36:39 02/17/20 (3)

My Tube Amps have Standby Switch - JazzDude 21:35:29 02/17/20 (1)

RE: My Tube Amps have Standby Switch - cawson@onetel.com 03:28:10 02/18/20 (0)

RE: Amps that have a standby switch THUMP! - Sondek 07:43:02 02/17/20 (0)

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RE: Stick with solid state if you have to have instant gratification. - KanedaK 02/18/2000:03:43 02/18/20 (0)

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