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We keep hearing all this what's the best tube amp lately.

Sherwood vs Citation or vintage vs modern production tube amps or preamps..There is no right or wrong answer here as it depends on your needs..If you have efficient speakers such as single drivers, or horns, or even certain ribbons like the Msgnepan Minis,the Sherwood is a great choice because you don't have to buy a preamp or a truck full of cables to connect a preamp to an amp. Is it going spec out like a McShaned Citation or a McShaned Mac amp?? No, but it will be a very good amp that is full bodied and reasonably accurate but not a ton of reserve transients.
OTOH,the Citation 2 loves to drive highly accurate speakers with difficult impedance loads and this is where they really shine.
If you go to a Martin Logan,Quad,or Magnepan forum,you find many Citation 2s and Mc275s,and Heath W6ms driving these modern ESLs and Ribbon speakers.They are rebuilt McShane style but you will notice that these are old vintage amps driving new and expensive loudspeakers.
If McShaned Macs and Citations are becoming the amps of choice for modern ESLs and ribbons,that would pretty much sum up why these tested and true timeless designs are mopping up everything in their path and their iron is what can't be duplicated.

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken



Edits: 12/10/14

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Topic - We keep hearing all this what's the best tube amp lately. - Michael Samra 03:06:35 12/10/14 (36)

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