Yaqin MC-100B or MS-20L...TUBE AMPS

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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited March 2014
    B Run wrote: »
    ^ That's what I was afraid of. Problem is I could maybe get $700 for the iNova but if I spend that on a tube integrated i'm still out a DAC which will easily be another $400. Looks like i'm going to stick with what i've got, but I REALLY want to get these ZU's hooked up to some tubes!!! It's killing me.

    Thought about trying a tube buffer to add some tubage to your system... could get a Yaquin for a couple bills....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited March 2014
    I don't think I can. The Peachtree uses a tube pre to a SS amp and there's nowhere to put a buffer in since I'm going digital into the DAC and it's all integrated.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited March 2014
    B Run wrote: »
    I don't think I can. The Peachtree uses a tube pre to a SS amp and there's nowhere to put a buffer in since I'm going digital into the DAC and it's all integrated.

    Gotcha. Your right.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited March 2014
    b-run, maybe if you bring your zu's to lsaf we can get a yaqin 20l to let you listen to the combo.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited March 2014
    I'd love to make it to LSAF but it's the week before my daughter is due, don't think a weekend trip out of town would go over too well haha. Yeah my biggest problem is I use my living room setup several times a day, off and on so it's really hard to get a full tube setup into the mix. I think my best bet is sticking with my iNova, at least for now. My only other path i'd consider trying now is a new tube preamp and class T amp, i've heard good things about those little T-amps and high efficiency speakers.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited March 2014
    Since its on and off often, I would do as you suggested and go with a tube pre-amp. You COULD almost leave the pre on 24/7 and not worry tooo much about killing your tube life. And then stick with a small power ss amp that powers on and doesnt need a warm up time.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited March 2014
    might be worth looking at.
    http://www.audionervosa.com/index.php?topic=4983.0
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,184
    edited March 2014
    "Quick power cycling" is a bad thing and that's why there are no remote control on/off switchs on tube power amps (integrated tube amps as well). If someone accidently (or on purpose) pushed the on/off button to turn the amp on and then a few seconds later pushed it again to turn it off and then back on again would cause a "quick power cycling" of the amp and blow a fuse (best case scenario) to blowing a resistor or something much worse.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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