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Budget SET or SEP recommendations?

Not in a rush, but considering playing with an SET or SEP.  Have only heard a few.  Something fairly inexpensive, worth trying, but not immediately upgrade-worthy.  Any thoughts, recommendations, or similar SET/SEP noob experiences?  Integrated, or not, doesn't matter.

These two seem to be reasonably respectable for cheap, at least according to the interwebs:

Dared MP2a3c
Yaqin MS-300c

Thank you.
stfoth
stfoth OP
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Oh, no, Wolf.  I feel like I'm getting very good advice/suggestions, here!  Please don't derail it with talk of fuses!
mikirob
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Another plus from a Coincident Dynamo Owner. The built-in volume control is fine, but a quality pre-amp is even better. LTA ZOTL is a great buy. I'm also a long time Dennis Had fan owning a number of his amps. My fav was the Cary 280. Best of luck. Mikirob 
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charles1dad
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I wish it were not so difficult at times to  get possession of the various amps and simply to a direct comparison with one's speaker. Had Inspire vs Dynamo MK II vs Soft Tone Japanese 300b vs Finale amp. I bet all 4 sound terrific yet distinctly different. This would be much fun. No dogs in this bunch. Now about those fuses......

Charles

wolf_garcia
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Dynamo amps get my vote for best looking, but Had's aluminum chassis and 12 mighty watts per side won me over (a HO…it's a HO). That said, a biamped system using 2 Dynamos would be interesting due to the volume knobulation.
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glennewdick
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I’ve owned Cary amps and recently sold an Audio note Otto SE that this Finale Audio 300b amp replaced (ok I did have a Luxman Class A amp temporarily while saving funds) the Finale Amp is just so much more musical then the Cary or the Audio Note Uk stuff that I’ve heard. Now I do have the $6000 version of the 300b integrated but I have heard some of the other amps they make and they all seem to just get the music right. you don’t get bling that’s for sure you get good design and great parts quality. I have not heard the Dynamo so I can not comment there but I do recommend giving Frank at Finale/triode labs a ring he is very approachable and a kind soul i’m sure he would recommend something that will suite your needs and budget he also has from time to time show amps and prototypes he sells at a reduced price. I believe there is also an integrated in Audiogon that’s worth looking at for around $1200 if my memory serves.

http://www.finaleaudio.com/



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