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Tube amp for Spendor S3/5 SE

Recently acquired a pair of Spendor S3/5 SE from a Audiogon member. I am an audio enthusiast and mostly listens to Vocals at low to moderate volume. I never tried Tubes and really want to try them. Could you guys recommend me a tube amp in ~$1000 range. Because of easy biasing, i thought of trying Primaluna Prologue One, but i am afraid it will be underpowered for Spendors.
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yogiboy
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QUICK SILVER DOES NOT MAKE INTEGRATED AMPS SORRY ABOUT THAT.
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rar1
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I listen to a fairly wide range of music ... opera, americana, rock, mostly music with vocals. Think Placido Domingo to Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan to U2. I also listen at low volumes, because I live in a coop/ apartment building. Tubes work well with the Spendors.

Best regards,

Rich
rhljazz
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There's an Audio Space Galaxy being offered at 1099.00 which should be a very nice combo. No relationship to the seller.
A friend of mine has the original LS 3/5a and uses the same integrated as mine (Cary SLI50 EL34 tubes @ 30 watts per channel) and that combo is killer. The Audio Space advertised has both triode and ultralinear which should give you some flexibility. Good luck.
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r_f_sayles
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Jolida JD302BRC integrated with 60w/ch.@8ohms is a honey.

Real nice sounding music, highly reviewed.

Happy Listening!
darkmoebius
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Consider the Melody/Onix SP-3(38 wpc) at ~$600 used. It's gotten pretty good reviews and was used to drive 88dB Gallo Ref 3's in it's 6-Moons followup review.
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