Rockmeister
pfm Member
I'm making a pair of tannoy 12" monitor gold's. They'll be ready in the late spring. If I love them, then they'll stay and I'll probably make a final swap of amps to an integrated perfectly sympathetic to them. I'm hoping for around 92/93 Db sensitivity and i need at least an MM phono stage built in. MM/MC is fine.
Budget is quite generous since I'll be selling some speakers and the current Luxman 505 amp.
Maybe £5000, new only.
I have 3 amps on my shortlist so far.
Class A, 1 valve, 2 SS.
Luxman L 550 AX11. Class A. 20wpc. MM/MC stage. Around £5000
Sugden IA4. Class A. 33wpc. MM stage. About £5250
And the valve option so far.
Quad Q11. Class A. 25wpc. MM stage. Around £3500.
Heart says Quad.
Head says Luxman.
Compromise choice = Sugden.
All ideas welcome
Budget is quite generous since I'll be selling some speakers and the current Luxman 505 amp.
Maybe £5000, new only.
I have 3 amps on my shortlist so far.
Class A, 1 valve, 2 SS.
Luxman L 550 AX11. Class A. 20wpc. MM/MC stage. Around £5000
Sugden IA4. Class A. 33wpc. MM stage. About £5250
And the valve option so far.
Quad Q11. Class A. 25wpc. MM stage. Around £3500.
Heart says Quad.
Head says Luxman.
Compromise choice = Sugden.
All ideas welcome