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In Reply to: RE: Stories from people who have moved from tubes to SS posted by fantja on November 26, 2014 at 05:25:20
Hi and thanks for the reply
No doubt about the quality of Pass Labs designs
I wonder if for SS good implies necessarily expensive
I am also looking at hybrid units, with valves before a SS output
Could this be a nice compromise ?
Kind regards,
bg
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Yes, for not too much money you could find yourself a good Sphinx Project 14 (dutch made amp and an excellent bargain now). This amp sounds great and will cost you about 1000 euro used. Another good choice would be from Italy, the Pathos Classic one...also for about the same price. Both sound better than comparable price-wise SS amps (I would argue the Sphinx sounds better than ANY SS amp I have heard).
Odyssey Stratos amps are a good value in solid-state gear. They are not up there with Pass Labs in terms of build quality or sonics but they sound very nice..... slightly warm and smooth. They need to be left powered ON to sound their best but they don't draw much idle power, about 75 watts from what I recall measuring and they don't run hot.
Even though Pass Labs makes outstanding amps, I didn't care too much for their INT-150 integrated amp. It didn't have the same big dynamics and punch as their separates. This may be due to it's passive linestage section.
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