from the sound of your post it almost seems as though you want to get into tubes for the sake of getting into tubes. Which is not really a good place to start. Better off to try and think what you really need and then see if there is a tubed option that fulfills your requirements. Probably not what you want to hear, but the best advice I can give.
Need help picking my first tube amp
Hey guys i want to get into tubes, i have heard wayyyyyyy to much and am dying to try a tube amp. I have a budget of 650 us dollars, not sure if i want a pre amp, or full tube amp. Im thinking pre amp cause i would really like it to drive headphones and then run it into a amp and then to speakers.
Been reading alot about Chineese tube amps and not sure what to think. I have my eye on Xduoo TA-26 gets rave reviews has anybody used it ? anyways looking for any input i can get, thanks.
Michael
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I don’t think I am going to be of much help. (No experience with JBL nor those Mc units.) But how are you doing the active crossover (Active-XO) for the bi-amping? The new MiniDSP Flex would allow one to do the active-XO as L/R in and L-hi/L-low (etc) as it has 4 outputs. That would keep most of the low freq (bass) power from needing to be amped up in the tweeter/horn side. |
http://www.thebestamp.com/Tube_Pre-Amps/Classic_100_Series/QA-001-Mk3.php
This manufacturer has a tube preamp with headphone amp for a little over $700. I have his next model up from this one, which has a tube rectifier, it sounds great with my solid state amp. |
"Always been tube curious, i hear so much about them that i have finally decided to try them in a cheap way. I have always been into music, amps, speakers, just never tried tubes." I guess that's kind of sort of the way it started for me almost 30 years ago. Then tubes turned into something akin to a bad habit. Good luck on your quest. |
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