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Integrated tube amp with tuner?

I'm doing some research for an integrated amp to match with a pair of vintage Klipsch Cornwalls. In the vintage category, I've been eyeing a Scott 299D, Eico HF-81 and in the new an Onix SP3 or a Jolida JD 302B. However I'd really like a tuner with the amp and the only model that I've gotten feedback on is a Fischer 500C. Any other tube amps with a tuner (older or new) that I should look into?

Thanks!
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nsgarch
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McIntosh 1700 (ss amp/pre + tube tuner) a couple for sale here for under $400

If you want all-tube, there's the Mac 1500 I believe.
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The 1500 has a tube amp and tuner and an ss pre. An excellent combo actually, but it only has 30W/ch. The 1700 has 40W/ch and although the amp is ss, it has the famous Mac autoformer output transformers, which makes it a very listenable ss amp with a damping factor of 100 (vs. 10 for the 1500) better to control those woofers ;-)
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The Cornwalls are so efficient (something like 98dB @ 1watt) so I think 30W are actually plenty of power especially in the small room I have them in.
It's not about how loud, it's about how clean (control overcoming the inertia of a big heavy cone.) If you keep the speaker cables under 8ft and a minimum of 14AWG, that should be OK.
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