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Golden Tube amps

These look interesting to me and have some good prices. Anyone have some opinions on these? Reliability? Sound quality such as sound staging, detail and of course realism. I have never owned tube, so don't know the problems that come with tubes in general.
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artmaltman
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Yes, I should have clarified that I've not spent time listening to the SE-40. I did have substantial reliabillity problems with my SE-100 and also read many others reliability complaints about this firms products. It could be that if you got a good one, it lasts a long time, I have no idea.
artmaltman
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These are long out of production, and I don't know if the firm still exists but I doubt it. Golden Tube gear was reputed to have substantially more reliability problems than average. I personally owned an early SE-100 and could never get it to run without breaking down for more than a day or so.

But Golden Tube had many happy customers. Their most popular amp, if I recall correctly, was the SE-40.

Probably a lovely euphonic sound more than neutral, linear.

I would personally hesitate to buy one unless I knew electronics and could do my own repairs.

Art
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