ralphpnj wrote: > Although it hasn't been mentioned as yet but since you state that you > are doing this for own enlightenment I suggest that you fully explore > the used equipment market such as ebay and audiogon. Should it turn out > that tube sound is not for you then hopefully you can then resell the > equipment without taking a big monetary hit. One of the great things > about audiophiles is that so many of them are always chasing this year's > "ultimate" whatever that lots of last year's "ultimate" whatevers are > always showing up on the used market.
Very true. However, tube gear seems to hold its value better than solid state. Probably due to the fact that the bog-standard EL34 pentode circuit matured 50+ years ago, and the value is all in the transformers. A 20 year old tube amp is going to hold more of its original value than is a 20 year old SS amp. Kinda like quartz watches vs automatics (the parallel there holds to several levels). Pretty much any cheap tube integrated is a Dynaco Stereo 70 at its core, and ST70s sell for more today than when they were new. Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------ doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103980 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
