Parrot Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Chris, I don't mind at all that you liked the Zen, or even that you recommended it. I'm simply cautioning a beginner. There's a wide range in personal opinion of what is considered moderately loud and what sounds nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I was just on Decware's website. Nice looking units I must say. Althought they probably lack the b@lls I'd require to achieve 118db at 2:30AM like Craig did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lshannon Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 You might try antique sound lab av8s monoblocks (8 watts per channel), you will need two. You see them on ebay fairly regular. They are discontinued model. They were essentially a loss-leader for the company. They are self-biasing, so you don't have to adjust them. They sound nice and were $119.00 each. I use a pair in my office and they sound very nice. They are an inexpensive way to get into tubes. - Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 How about a Jolida 102. EL84 tubes. Cheap to run. Could you get a used one in the States for $300? Also backed by U.S. assembly therefore easy to fix if something goes wrong. An early Antique Sound Labs integrated would be a good bet as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Shomaker Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstube&1090766720 This one has your name all over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Too bad this ASL1003DT is just out of your range. Several forum members have these and like the sound: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1092342897 Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor.Ham.Slap Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 ---------------- On 6/15/2004 4:30:23 PM lshannon wrote: You might try antique sound lab av8s monoblocks (8 watts per channel), you will need two. You see them on ebay fairly regular. They are discontinued model. They were essentially a loss-leader for the company. They are self-biasing, so you don't have to adjust them. They sound nice and were $119.00 each. I use a pair in my office and they sound very nice. They are an inexpensive way to get into tubes. - Lee ---------------- I'm looking on ebay and I noticed that someone has a pair of ASL av-20's up on the auction block for $250... Those are kinda tempting and the price seems about right. Any opinions on those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor.Ham.Slap Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 ---------------- On 6/15/2004 10:15:34 PM 3dzapper wrote: Too bad this ASL1003DT is just out of your range. Several forum members have these and like the sound: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1092342897 Rick ---------------- Now that is a beautiful looking amp... I'm going to attempt to get that price down a bit. If I can get him down to $400, I may be able to swing that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Shomaker Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 ---------------- On 6/16/2004 12:55:55 AM Professor.Ham.Slap wrote: ---------------- On 6/15/2004 4:30:23 PM lshannon wrote: You might try antique sound lab av8s monoblocks (8 watts per channel), you will need two. You see them on ebay fairly regular. They are discontinued model. They were essentially a loss-leader for the company. They are self-biasing, so you don't have to adjust them. They sound nice and were $119.00 each. I use a pair in my office and they sound very nice. They are an inexpensive way to get into tubes. - Lee ---------------- I'm looking on ebay and I noticed that someone has a pair of ASL av-20's up on the auction block for $250... Those are kinda tempting and the price seems about right. Any opinions on those? ---------------- Do you have a preamp already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor.Ham.Slap Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 ---------------- On 6/16/2004 12:57:30 AM T_Shomaker wrote: Do you have a preamp already? ---------------- Not a tube preamp, no. I have a (and I know I'm going to get the hell pummeled outta me for this) Pioneer VXD-811s or a Carver AVR-100 that I would use to handle that duty until I could afford a tube preamp to complete the system. I don't really plan on using the tubes for HT, just for listening to the two channel sources. For HT, I'd probably switch it back over to the SS amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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