#Musicality euphony upgrade#
#Musicality euphony mods#

I really enjoy the ability to swap gear in and out. Not a super expensive system by any means but I spend more time in there listening to music than I do in my main listening room. Might be sweet with the Boxers.Ĭounterpoint SA 3.1 Preamp with fresh NOS Amprex PQ 6922 I will probably pull the trigger on the next step up when one comes available. I'd say if your a jazz lover and you are running a good set of monitors these might be worth a try. I ran them over a month and they never disappointed me. Bass slam up the wazzo but it lacked the sweet mid and top end I was looking for. The amp was accurate but had an almost solid state feel. It had new 6L6's so I imagine they might have been a bit too fresh but I put at least 50 hours on them without a change. It was on loan so I left the tubes alone. I tried a whole bunch of tricks but couldnt get it to behave. Very nice amp but it did not play well in the man cave. Harmon Kardon Citation V (Rebuilt McShane PS)

#Musicality euphony mods#

Very sweet tube sound and it's stock and there are many cool mods for these amps. I cant see anyone being too disapointed. It does everything well and for the money I think I got a great deal. I left the EH EL-34's in, they are very good. Switched the EH 12AX7's for NOS Telefunken Smooth Plates and the 12AT7's with NOS Mullards. Never underestimate the value of burn in time. Hated it for the first 100 hours then fell in love. Jolida 202BRC - Amazingly good integrated. The tranny's are the classic cloth lead Dynos.įor $425 it cant be beat. New JJ tubes throughout and I am working on trying to ID the new guts. A modded ebuilt Dynaco ST-70 from the good old days. I have been having a blast and just today I brought home the latest contender. I have been playing with sub $1500 tube amps for the past few months in the garage/man cave. That said, I'd prefer a amp with wide compatibility unless if it comes at a cost of worse SQ or inability to play at decent volume. Speakers: Do not have yet most in consideration are bookshelf 8ohm and at the least sensitive, 85.5db. Plan to play at moderately high volumes (-15dB to -10dB from reference) I could honestly give a rat's ass about accuracy. Lushness, smoothness, whatever you'd think of when you hear the word tubes. If nixing the CSP2 pre-amp, $2000 for Pre AND power, $3k if there's a massive upgrade.įavored sound: Musicality, euphony, emotional involvement.

#Musicality euphony upgrade#

Price range: $1000 for only power amp($2000 *ONLY* if there's a massive, NOT merely incremental upgrade in that range) Other components: MHDT Havana (NOS Tube DAC), Decware CSP2 Tube Pre-Amp (I can nix this and add $1000 to the budget for both a Pre AND power or integrated not preferred though since I like its HP amp.) That said, I'm looking for a tube power amp. I'm completely new to the speaker world and speaker amps as well.