Wanted, small stereo tube amp for office?

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madmax
madmax Posts: 12,434
edited July 2002 in Flea Market
I would like a small stereo tube amp for my office. Anyone got one for nothing or close to it? It would really round out my image since I have talked about tubes for the past month at work to people who don't really give a ****.
madmax
Vinyl, the final frontier...

Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
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    Hell, just use one of the 7 or 8 302's you have there?:D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    Check out some old Dynaco, or go with the Antique Sound Labs monoblocks.....10wpc, and STUNNING......

    I think AMC offers a tube amp for around 3 bills online also....

    Cheers,
    Russ

    You freak, asking if we have EXTRA tube gear to throw at ya....
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
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    Oh come on! Everybody needs some nice Audio Research stuff in their office! :)

    Aaron
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
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    man, I'm trying to scrape up pennies and nickles for a used NAD preamp and this guy is talking about tubes for the office.....SHEESH.

    BDT
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
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    Troy, what NAD are you looking for? I am a NAD fan and I am always looking around.
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    He's looking for his left one.

    Badda-Bing, thank you, thanks folks, I'm here all week.......
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
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    alex7228 was selling one of his NAD on this forum, I think it was a right NAD? can you run two right NADs, I think it would work as they both feed a mono output.
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    'Mono output'

    Incredibly funny, yet very very dirty and wrong at the same time.

    -R
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • etrigan
    etrigan Posts: 160
    edited June 2002
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    This thread is degenerating quite quickly :D:lol:

    CHEERS! jefff
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
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    RussA....I'm on the prowl for a used, CHEAP NAD preamp. If you happen across one, let me know.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    No Russ, you will help a fellow 'Russ' out first, eff Troy, he doesn't even have an extra amp to run with a new pre. Besides, I know you would hate to see a perfectly good NAD pre sitting on a Wal Mart press-board, white-trash, trailer-park yard sale, end table thingee (Troy's rack).

    Let ME know about any NAD pre's you happen upon....

    -R
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
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    actually I do have an extra amp for it, ****.

    BDT
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    Still, even with an extra amp, the whole rack thing is still a big issue, ****.

    -R
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
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    Not sure who is the biggest bully? "****" or "****" ?
    Oh, the bottle has been to me, my closes friend, my worse enemy!
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
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    yeah, I know the rack sucks. I was hoping to use some milkcrates but some effer stole the last 3 for his mancave.

    BDT
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
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    What model or model are you looking for? the 1020? (preamp section of the 3020 intergrated) or something from the monitor series 1300, 1600, 1700 or newer than those? price range?
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    OUCH, man, that smarts.

    It's a proven fact that milk crates keep amps cooler and provide great isolation. I know, because I've tested it until I was blue in the balls, I mean face.

    Cheers,
    Crate-packin Russ

    RussA, he's looking for a 1020, 1130, 11xx, he saw me bag an 1130 for $50, I think he's looking for a steal....
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
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    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

    Russ, yeah, 1020 anything in that series. Basic and cheap.

    BDT
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
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    Exactly like Russ said, it's not a necessity or anything but if I could find one around 50 or so.......

    BDT
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited June 2002
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    3 bills for an office amp! I don't think so. I'm looking for the old POS tube amp that looks too dirty, corroded and beat up to use in a home. Extra wires coming out of the case in different locations is a plus! I'm talking about something that no normal person would be willing to plug into the wall for fear of electrocution. Mono blocks? are you insane? Oh yea, I only have two 302A's and one 502A. (For now)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
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    Faak man, I told you Dynaco, find an old Hammond from an church organ if you want NASTY.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,432
    edited June 2002
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    Here you are Max

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=887957947

    This is better

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1362223231

    Russman's Idea

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=888839655
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    I'm looking for cheap. Good suggestions Hoosier! The first one scares me though. The hammond looks interesting because I could use it for my Voce B3 emulator on my keyboard if it sucked too bad. A nice little self contained 10 to 20 watt 2 channel for $50 would be the best. I don't need high volumes of sound or even good quality but the little sony SS POS I use now has that characteristic SS distortion and it is really bugging me after listening to the tubes at home.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
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    Are the old knight tube amps worth a ****? Just curious.
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    I have been looking at them. Right now there is a Knight "kit", unassembled, that people seem to think is worth over $500 on ebay. That tells me they must have been serious?
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
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    I have a knight amp in my parents basement that needs a tube. I should pull it out of the cobwebs clean it up a bit and find a tube.
    I will post a model # and see if anyone knows much about it, I actually used it for a bit when I was in high school on a set of kg2's and it really seemed to have a well rounded sound. It took some af the harshness out of the horn tweeter on the klispch. Wonder what it would sound like on a set of 7b's, hmmmmmmm.
    Might be a good amp for my garage system.


    Cheers,
    Mike
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    Be careful, you may hear something you don't remember. Sure would hate to see anyone else get sucked into the tube thing. Maybe you better just send it away (maybe to MD?) and never actually plug it in. I'm just trying to help a fella out :D
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    I am finally going after one!
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1362250449
    Maybe this will be good! I'm not sure of the output tubes but i'm sure it will be better than any of the SS options for the office.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
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    madmax

    Power ratings on tube amps and ss amps can't be compared like apples and apples can they? This Pioneer is 36 wpc, would that punch a lot harder than a 36 wpc ss amp?
    Oh, the bottle has been to me, my closes friend, my worse enemy!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2002
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    I lost it! Before I went to bed last night I put on a $240 bid. I thought this was more than anyone else would bid. I was wrong. It went for over $100 more than that!!! For that much I'll go ahead and get another Jolida!

    Nascarman,
    My Jolida's are 50 watts per channel. When I replaced my 300 watt X 2 Sunfire amp with it I lost very little in perceived power. Tube distortion is quite different making the 50 watts average power you use the same as the 50 watts average power you use on a SS amp. The difference are the peaks of power. The SS stuff MUST have a full power rating to handle these high peaks or it sounds crappy and blows speakers. The tube stuff rounds them off in a pleasant manor. If a SS amp were rated in such a way as to reflect this it would be rated much lower. About 1/5 with most music.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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