men- A friend is looking for a good integrated amp to mate with his ruthlessly revealing (his desciption) Paradigm studio/ 100 for vinyl consumption. He is obviously looking for something warm and foregiving. thanks. mike
There isn't one! Certainly not with a phono stage included. MAYBE, you could find a SF Anthem (not sure about phono) used for under $1k, and this is still a hybrid. The Jolida has limited inputs and no phono.
Warm and forgiving sounds like a Jolida 302B to me. The amp sounds GREAT with EL34 tubes(that is when you replace them with JJ or Svetlanas), and a nice power cord. Then, pick up an external phono stage(Musical Fidelity, NAD, or better). If both are obtained used, $1000 is no problem.
The Musical Fidelity X-LPS phono stage is on sale at Audio Advisor for $199.95 new. It is an updated version of the X-LP that was well reviewed. I would hope that it is at least as good.
Don't miss past threads on this very topic, there have been some good discussions. Type in "integrated" in the "search headlines" box and check it out. Good luck.
well,as everybody knows, a clam is a bi-valve, and 2 thousand valves, well, even the chinese prison labor inc. can't do that; suggest you look for a good used tretubi like a basso or pinarello, you just can't beat the sound of cromalloy that's been triple butted.
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