I'm getting my ascends delivered pretty sometime next week, but I've been thinking, I would really like to have a tube amp. Problem is price, maintence, and technical expertise required with those things, but I heard the sound once in a little store in taiwan and man, it's something I couldn't stop thinking about.
My price range is something like 1-600 bucks new or used
it would be powering CMT-340s, probably just my two fronts, would this make it sound really strange for movies, cause no way I can afford tubes all around.
Some amps I have looked at:
EBAY used
Antique sound labs Wave-8
Antique sound labs Wave-dt
Direct - new
Nohr SE-9
http://www.norh.com/products/se9/index.html
If some stocks work out for me....Maybe a
Nohr SE-18
http://www.norh.com/products/se18/index.html
Suggestions in that price range? I saw quicksilver mini monoblocks for around 700 used, and a few other strange ones I'm guessing are OEM from China.
I would prefer autobiasing since I have no clue how to manage that, and a low maintence type of amp, with easily replaceable parts.
Hoping to find some answers since you guys are the most familiar with ascend speakers and could probably suggest the best match, but I understand it's not something most people go into nowadays.
TIA regardless,
C'est