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In Reply to: RE: How reliable have your SET or SE tube amps been? posted by Frihed89 on April 14, 2016 at 17:49:24
My one and only tube amp experience was with an Audio Note P2SE amp that I owned for 16 years. It worked reliably on a daily basis and without any issues during the time I owned it. To this day I regret selling it.
The four 5881 tubes put out a lot of heat enclosed under the amp's cover as the tubes were not externally exposed as are some designs. This did not have a negative effect in my experience, but I believe that dissipating heat from sensitive parts can help to prolong their life.
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Well there is always the Ongaku - tubes exposed - but you might need to win a lottery.I am excited to see and hear their new entry level Cobra amplifier for $3000 or so. It's not a SET I don't think - it is class A and 25 watts and will use the C-Core outputs - comes with remote control and a built in DAC. It seems like a lot for a little but the tubes are exposed!!!
My sights are pretty much on the Empress Silver 2A3 at the moment. I like them a LOT every single time I hear them. But preamp is my next move.
M3 phono or M6 line and worry about the phono stage later (maybe an M1 or M2 phono stage (but more boxes in my already stuffed HK apartment). So the M3 is kind of the front runner for a complete package. But I wish there were still a sig version or something to get the C-Core and black gates - but I guess that would make it an M6 now wouldn't it.
Edits: 04/15/16
Also, the PP version. There is now a Soro SE Signature that has double C-core OPTs, just like the OTO Signature
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