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Hi all,
I'm a first time writer. I think this forum has a lot of really good information and I'm hoping that I could get a little help with my first real Hi-Fi system. I saved up for a while to do this and my budget for the preamp/amp is 9-10K max. I prefer the sound of tubes over SS but I'm not locked into tubes. I listen to almost every genre of music and the system has to have a HT bypass. I know this is silly but for the WAF it has to be fully remote operable. My current speakers are Vandersteen 3A sigs. Sources will be oppo 95 and streaming music via DAC. Eventually it will include phono as well.
I've heard the VTL 2.5 preamp and the ST-150 amp and I'm going to do a head to head with the 5.5 series II preamp. To me it sounds fantastic especially with voices. The downside to it is that it's getting up to and out of the top of my budget so I'm looking for alternatives that sound as good. I've heard the Luxman 550 integrated which is really good but lags behind the VTL. Same thing for the Naim uniti and Superuniti and the VTL integrated. I'm open to anything but as my local dealers carry Audio Research, Cary, Rogue, PS audio, McIntosh, Naim, Luxman, and Ayre I'd favor those since I can hear them. Older used gear is good too. Any suggestions are really appreciated. Thank you!
Jat
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Topic - Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Jataro 08:27:45 02/13/12 (41)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - countingbackwards 18:46:55 02/29/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - thebordas 09:10:37 02/24/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Jataro 19:24:19 02/23/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Mr Peabody 20:05:23 02/22/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - jtube 11:22:18 02/21/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Stan Gable 16:52:17 02/20/12 (0)
- RE: How about a TRON pre and a Radford STA15 - topoxforddoc 13:43:58 02/18/12 (0)
- Nobody mentioned McIntosh, so I must! - Rick58 22:24:11 02/16/12 (0)
- Valve Amplification Company - Justlisten2 19:04:34 02/16/12 (14)
- RE: Valve Amplification Company - Terry P 19:16:28 03/06/12 (2)
- RE: Valve Amplification Company - Justlisten2 20:01:00 03/06/12 (1)
- Thank you! It did help. - Terry P 23:42:30 03/06/12 (0)
- UGLY - jedrider 11:07:37 02/18/12 (10)
- RE: UGLY - 2BTubey 16:30:23 02/20/12 (1)
- Fortunately, no MBL to attract my comments! -nt - jedrider 08:48:04 02/21/12 (0)
- LOL!! - Justlisten2 11:20:05 02/18/12 (7)
- CLA1 MKII - Hyfi 09:31:02 02/28/12 (3)
- Plenty of units in gold in Asia. - Justlisten2 12:40:49 02/28/12 (2)
- Are you going to listen to the music or just stare at the amp?? - jedrider 13:55:45 02/28/12 (1)
- Like most audio equipment..... - Justlisten2 16:20:48 02/28/12 (0)
- McIntosh ugly? ... - Neil49 16:39:47 02/21/12 (2)
- Sorry.... - Justlisten2 16:53:35 02/21/12 (1)
- RE: Sorry.... - Neil49 17:05:16 02/21/12 (0)
- nobody said Atmasphere - Penguin 16:36:33 02/14/12 (1)
- UGLY, too, in the opposite direction - jedrider 11:09:45 02/18/12 (0)
- Blue Circle? - Frihed89 15:16:07 02/14/12 (0)
- I have the same Vandy speakers.... - krisjan 07:03:34 02/14/12 (0)
- Check out a home demo of a Pass Labs 150 integrated ... - lochrider 07:02:35 02/14/12 (0)
- Vandy's are usually demo'd with Ayre... - Atver 19:46:16 02/13/12 (1)
- or ARC nt. - plantsman 04:28:35 02/14/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Jataro 19:34:39 02/13/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Mick Wolfe 18:46:50 02/13/12 (1)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Mr Peabody 21:17:17 02/14/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Jack G 15:50:01 02/13/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Mr Peabody 15:17:04 02/13/12 (0)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - Raiderman 14:07:55 02/13/12 (4)
- RE: Advice for tubed preamp/amp combo under 9-10K - guest.. 14:43:19 02/13/12 (3)
- I don't think so - Jack G 15:55:24 02/13/12 (2)
- RE: I don't think so - guest... 20:32:28 02/13/12 (1)
- I think you missed the point - Jack G 04:56:14 02/15/12 (0)
- Consider this piece - Prisoners 09:09:03 02/13/12 (0)
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