211 tube integrated choice

Viva Solista...get your wallet out.. You give no indication of your budget. There may be something Chinese out there too.

I am trying to make it under US$4.500, that is with an external phono stage included in the price. Any hopes mate?

Cheers,

The Solista is a wonderful amp, been using it for 4 years, but the ouitput valves are 845. It has 211 valves but as rectifiers. They certainly sell under $4500 used.

Hi David12,

Thank you for the info mate, did you ever listen to New Audio Frontiers 845? I could not find Solista in my area. But a chance of a used NAF 845 is on the horizon.

Cheers,

No I have'nt heard the NAF, I think it is more expensive than the Solista and the Mastersound, cheaper. All are from Italy, 845 SET's and have a good rep. They all appear at times on the Gon. Be careful imprting and changing voltage. I bought mine in the US and changed it easily to European 220 volts, but it was too much for UK 240volts, After blowing capacitors and tubes, it had to return to Italy for new transformers, costly.