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Valve/Tube Newbie

Hello All,
Greetings from a relative newbie.
Am looking for suggestions for valve[tube] pre/power amp separates to upgrade my [mainly] vinyl system [Thorens/SME Deck, Spendor S8 Speakers].

Pre-amp clearly will need a phono stage, and a couple of line stages also needed for other sources.
Not fussed about remote control.
Ideally looking for designs of both pre/post with the valves exposed/visible.
Budget is around £5-6K- any suggestions gratefully received..
s_nick
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yogiboy
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Check out Rogue Audio !
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bdp24
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Since you put your price range in Pounds, I'll assume your in the UK. You can probable get an EAR 868 pre with phono and a smaller EAR power amp used for 6K.
zd542
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"Ideally looking for designs of both pre/post with the valves exposed/visible."

Is this system going to be used, or is it more for show/occasional use?
facten
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Might consider tube pre with solid state power amp given sensitivity of speaker
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