Look at used Cary Audio. Built well and excellent sound on their F1 mods or upgraded caps, Hexfreds, etc. There’s no need for complicated thoughts. Something that can be worked on and preferably from a company that’s still around like Cary Audio or Conrad Johnson.
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That Harmon Kardon TRIO 224 sounded intriguing, I found this https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/105874/harman-kardon-trio I came across another TRIO the other day, different manufacturer. They never mention 'pre-amp', but they show phono inputs, but they don't mention if phono eq and/or tape head eq exists. HK 224 was new in 1958. Tape was stereo in 1956. LP stereo in 1958, soooo ... The HK has a switch on the back, I suspect it is one set of low level inputs, and the switch sends that input to either an internal phono eq, or to a tape head eq circuit, then on to the amp. I want hard facts. In any case, it is 12 wpc stereo, or 24wpc mono. I suggest you start your tube adventure with 30 wpc, so you can change to different speakers in the future. |
With very efficient speakers, there are a few McIntosh Pre-amps with enough power to drive speakers directly. This McIntosh C26 Pre-amp has a 10wpc amp, main and/or remote speaker terminals and face mounted push button selectors for those outputs. It could drive the Klipsch speakers directly. One advantage is of course sending pre-amp out to an amp for main speakers, and driving a set of efficient remote speakers directly from the C26. In any case, it is a terrific preamp, here's a listing that shows it well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mcintosh-Preamplifier-C26/254293553227?hash=item3b3513b04b:g:v6wAAOSwDOZdJ306 |
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