Maybe a daft question having not inspected one close up, but why are valve amps so expensive and secondly sometimes very heavy? I like the idea of a cheaper Chinese import if anyone can recommend a starting point.
regards.
regards.
hoopsontoast said:There a plenty of options, second hand can get you a pretty decent one for not much.
Look out for the original Audio Innovations 300 and 500 series, any Consonance, Icon Audio, Decware to name a few.
Zeitgeist said:I have vague recollections of my father's croft super micro A pre-amp: weighed hardly anything...
Alears said:Zeitgeist said:I have vague recollections of my father's croft super micro A pre-amp: weighed hardly anything...
That is probably because it was only a pre-amp.
Balderdash said:I would be up the creek if I decided that the valve amp was either nothing special or limited in driving capability for future speaker upgrades.
floyd droid said:Balderdash said:I would be up the creek if I decided that the valve amp was either nothing special or limited in driving capability for future speaker upgrades.
Surely you wouldnt have bought it in the first place if it was 'nothing special'. :?
You could always upgrade speakers to suit the amp ,or am i being silly here ?.
Nice user name btw .
Alears said:'zactly. And no not silly.
daytona600 said:
Balderdash said:Floyd Droid, I was thinking in terms of how 8-30 wpc might sound once back home and the initial excitement has lessened, once a few tracks had been played.
oldric_naubhoff said:never heard of this brand. but boy, this VP-845 looks tasty. hmmmmm.......
floyd droid said:oldric_naubhoff said:never heard of this brand. but boy, this VP-845 looks tasty. hmmmmm.......
Thats a mans valve is that .
several listed on hifi-forsale.co.uk google is your friendBalderdash said:Yes, well reviewed on 6 moons. Struggling to find a dealer and nowt on eba?
floyd droid said:oldric_naubhoff said:
Oooerr, thats the Kronzilla big boy innit.