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In Reply to: RE: Amplifier for AN-E posted by b_online on September 16, 2014 at 23:29:04
You can use virtually any good tube amp with your AN-Es and they will sound great. Personally, I am not a fan of the 300B or 211 tubes but that is just me. I have owned several wonderful tube amps but keep coming back to the Audio Note OTO SE. It is a very reasonably priced integrated SET amp using EL84 output tubes and has a very seductive sound. It's not the most detailed, not the most musical, nor the most powerful amp. But I enjoy the sound more than any other tube amp I have owned.
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I was also going to suggest the Oto Sig, as it's been on my radar as well. I thought it sounded great in Montreal this year. I didn't mention it, only because it was so inexpensive in comparison to the others mentioned. Another EL84 amp that may prove interesting is the Leben 300XS. Again, much less expensive that the others....
The Hi-B OPTs always add something special to the level 3 AN amps. Peter Qvortrup often recommends AN-E speakers for the OTO line, although I think this may be to get beginners on the AN Merry-go-Round addicted.
I have ordered a version of the AN Conqueror (300B) power amp that uses the new, smaller Hi-B Opts and previously owned a 300B AN Meishu integrated amp with the original, larger version of these OPTs.
The standard OTO SE or P-2 SE are both lively and refined. The Sig version amplifies the refinement in a very complementary fashion. Call it elegant liveliness.
Observe, before you think. Think before you open your yap. Act on the basis of experience.
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