Tube and tube-hybrid gear I’ve auditioned

Posted by readargos (A) on August 10, 2014 at 11:18:45

In Reply to: RE: REVIEW: Musical Fidelity A308cr Amplifier (SS) posted by morricab on August 10, 2014 at 08:08:19:

include T+A V 10 integrated and D 10 CD (may have the models wrong); Aesthetix Callisto + Atlas, Rogue Hera + Apollo; BAT VK-D5 CD + VK-3 + VK-250; BAT VK D5 CD + BAT VK300se. I’ve owned the Ah! Njoe Tjoeb 2000 CD player (kinda low-end on this list) and the BAT VK-60. I had the VK-60 not long before the A308 driving the same Electra 915.1 speakers. I’ve heard other stuff, including some McIntosh and Audio Research among the more popular brands, but not enough to have much opinion.

It may depend on what one listens for. Ayre is another brand of solid-state equipment reputed/intended to sound tube-like (to capture the "air" of tubes). I understand what Ayre is going for, and I like what I've heard, but I would call it less tube-like than the MF gear. However, I don't mean to suggest that either MF or Ayre would satisfy listeners who really want the tube sound.

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Topic - REVIEW: Musical Fidelity A308cr Amplifier (SS) - readargos 19:48:08 08/08/14 (18)

RE: REVIEW: Musical Fidelity A308cr Amplifier (SS) - morricab 08:08:19 08/10/14 (6)

RE: REVIEW: Musical Fidelity A308cr Amplifier (SS) - readargos 09:42:06 04/29/15 (0)

Tube and tube-hybrid gear I’ve auditioned - readargos 11:18:45 08/10/14 (4)

RE: Tube and tube-hybrid gear I’ve auditioned - morricab 03:28:34 08/16/14 (3)

I appreciate you input, particularly because - readargos 16:17:37 08/16/14 (2)

RE: I appreciate you input, particularly because - morricab 12:30:18 08/17/14 (1)

RE: I appreciate you input, particularly because - readargos 13:45:18 08/18/14 (0)

RE: REVIEW: Musical Fidelity A308cr Amplifier (SS) - fantja 08:31:45 08/09/14 (1)

Thanks! (n/t) - readargos 10:37:18 08/09/14 (0)

You put a lot of work into that - Metralla 08:19:24 08/09/14 (0)

RE: REVIEW: Musical Fidelity A308cr Amplifier (SS) - rick_m 07:21:58 08/09/14 (1)

Giving the A308cr its due - readargos 11:06:36 08/09/14 (0)

RE: very fine critique-- thanks for the contribution [n.t.a.] - wangmr 02:26:06 08/09/14 (4)

Thank you. (n/t) - readargos 11:23:53 08/09/14 (3)

RE: Thank you. (n/t) - Jack D II 12:16:54 08/09/14 (2)

Thanks for your feedback. - readargos 13:26:21 08/09/14 (1)

RE: Thanks for your feedback.Great dignified response [n.t.a.[ - wangmr 19:20:36 08/09/14 (0)

Forgot to include - readargos 20:09:24 08/08/14 (0)

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Tube and tube-hybrid gear I’ve auditioned - readargos 11:18:45 08/10/14 (4)

RE: Tube and tube-hybrid gear I’ve auditioned - morricab 03:28:34 08/16/14 (3)

I appreciate you input, particularly because - readargos 16:17:37 08/16/14 (2)

RE: I appreciate you input, particularly because - morricab 12:30:18 08/17/14 (1)

RE: I appreciate you input, particularly because - readargos 13:45:18 08/18/14 (0)

Tube and tube-hybrid gear I’ve auditioned

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