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  Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ?
Just wondering, with this audio merry-go-round of buying and selling, if anyone has an amp that will be a keeper for life. I haven't yet but came verrrry close once...
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07-13-04
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07-14-04   My zanden is for life. it is a beauty and it sounds gorgeou ...   Bibibi

07-14-04   After some tube rolling, i've yet to find an amp i like more ...   Boa2

07-14-04   It was a surprise to me, but i will be keeping the krell fpb ...   Porschecab

07-14-04   My pass labs x600 monoblocks. i have no desire or need to ev ...   Rosstaman

07-14-04   Atma-sphere ma-2, a superb amplifier design that keeps getti ...   Rushton

07-14-04   Electronluv.   Ed_sawyer

07-14-04   My dartzeel nhb-108 is a keeper. it's the most balanced and ...   Hooper

07-14-04   I've been working on a deal with god to take my 300b set mon ...   Jax2

07-14-04   My sierra olympia amps. pure class a up to the stratosphere ...   Ozfly

07-14-04   Bryston b60. ive enjoyed it almost every day all day for fiv ...   Barry

07-14-04   Atma-sphere m-60's work so well with my köchel horns that i ...   Wellfed

07-14-04   I'm not totally sure yet, but the canary ca-339's are lookin ...   Gliderguider

07-14-04   My top candidates (with some guts): re designs lnpa-150 blue ...   Loudandclear

07-14-04   Still have my hafler dh 500's. bought em brand new. want mr. ...   Steelhead

07-14-04   Mccormack dna-2 revision a or rev. gold. -imo   Stehno

07-14-04   Densen b-100. cost me $1000. will own it till it dies or i ...   Seandtaylor99

07-14-04   New york audio labs otl-1, on a cold night i curl up next to ...   Asonicyouth

07-14-04   Mcintosh 2102, i think ill be keeping mine till the end,pair ...   Bigjoe

07-14-04   Hey, bigjoe, i have the same combination and love the way it ...   Jmslaw

07-14-04   Bel 1001 mk v - awesome!   Mikej

07-14-04   My wavac 833v1.3 amps will be staying a very long time.   Jcbtubes

07-14-04   Maybe my next one :).   Danlib1

07-14-04   Wolcott presence 220 tube monoblock amps. i have had aroun ...   Btstrg

07-14-04   Gryphon callisto 2200 intergrated amp. no doubt the best amp ...   Michaelhwolff

07-14-04   Phiser labs.   Marakanetz

07-14-04   Goldmund 29m   Calloway

07-14-04   The older mac's and marantz tube amps. today i would think s ...   Panny

07-14-04: Trelja
Jonathan(Jcbtubes), I have missed you and Bruce around these parts more than words could ever express. Please post more. And, how is our very good friend?
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07-14-04   Here are my 2 cents worth,,,,,,fi-x integrated with magnaque ...   Bora

07-15-04   This thread should have simply been titled, "what amp d ...   Jax2

07-15-04   Marco, das a good one! folks, it seems that y'all got short ...   Marakanetz

07-15-04   I think it unlikely that amp technology will improve signifi ...   Wellfed

07-16-04   Jadis ja 30 and ja 200   Loki1957

07-16-04   Parasound halo jc-1's! mine just keep getting better and bet ...   Daltonlanny

07-16-04   Danlib1 is probably the most correct among us. marco, you c ...   Ozfly

07-16-04   I've got 20+ amplifiers and there's only one that i wouldn't ...   Sean

07-16-04   I thought my jadis ja80s would be the ones, but since i just ...   Rcprince

07-16-04   Musical fidelity trivista integrated amp - hear to believe!   Tlday

07-16-04: Trelja
Russ, I guess I forgot to tell you when we got together last week that those JA80s were supposed to be kept until I was of the age where I could afford them...
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07-16-04   Yeah, i know, sorry about that, joe, i should have waited fo ...   Rcprince

07-17-04: Trelja
Thanks for the offer, Russ!

Yes, possibly. If I ever sell the amp, and I have only thought about it once, another set of tubes might be something that would protect the buyer farther into the future. Even though the amp can use most tubes, Jadis seems to think the KT90 is the best tube for their amps.

I do have a quad of KT90s in reserve, which I was kind of thinking that I would save for posterity. My tubes are getting to the point where I have been looking around for replacements. After about 4 hours or so of playing, I sometimes notice a bit of distortion coming from the right channel at times. I just chalked it up that I am probably getting close to needing tubes.

Actually, I know you will understand when I say this after we found out that we are kindred spirits sonically, and both go for a rich, lush sound, I was thinking the next tubes I should give a go in the JOR would be the JJ EL34. I have a pair of more powerful amps upstairs - my "consolation" for not getting your JA80s(Granites, and they are much better than I could have even dreamed), with JJ KT88, and the sound is great, so I was wondering if I should take the Jadis is a different direction.

My only worry with the EL34 is their ability to drive the speakers, but I will probably end up with a big pair of Frieds down in that system, and they are surprisingly EASY to drive, but you never know.

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07-17-04   I have aways had a dozen or so amplifiers kicking around. mo ...   Ecclectique

07-18-04: Trelja
The Bedini is a honey of an amp, Ecclectique. I auditioned one in the late 80s, and while the sound was a lot better than the NAD 2600A, I chose the latter because I was young and stupid. Now, I am just stupid. I was overly concerned with the wattage ratings(though the Bedini runs Class A, which you pointed out), the NAD didn't need a preamp, and the fact that the Bedini was used, and the NAD was new.

I am forever haunted by how good the Bedini sounded that day.

You are lucky to have one. In the spirit of this thread, it is truly a keeper for life.

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07-20-04   Convergent audio technology jl-2. purity of set with enough ...   Pubul57

07-20-04   I second purul57's cat advice. his suggestion that their 10 ...   Mrmb

07-20-04   My lazarus h1-a class a tube hybrid...will outlast me and my ...   Jsujo

07-21-04   my old marantz receiver 2270 - and i got it for $200 ebay ...   Gonglee3

07-21-04   I own an air tight 300b and since i own it, it is one for th ...   Tomryan

07-21-04   My plinius sa 250 will be around for a while( i hope)   Kehut

11-05-04   A jadis 200 is very hard to beat: the highs are sweet, the m ...   Detlof


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