What is the best Hybrid Amps people have heard. Which is a Tube solid state Amp. Has anyone heard the Counterpoint SA 220, NY Audio Labs Moscode 600 amps, the Conrad Johnson Evolution 2000 Amp, or the Audio Research D160 or the M300 Hybrid Amp
I'v heard the Audio by Van Alstine Fet-Valve 350hc amp is very good. People on Audio Review have raved about it. http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/Amplifier/product_2811.shtml
Twilo, I think this is where things are headed. The new Vt100 is looking more and more like a true hybrid. I have had experience with Blue Circle BC 2 and am currently using a Music Reference RM200 (Modjeski from counterpoint) and have found it to be amazingly good and really a giant killer with Kt90's as the outputs. It is a hybrid.
I own Blue Circle BC 2.1's which are upgraded versions of hte BC 2's. The advantage they have over the much more expensive and more powerful Lamm 1.1's in that they are single-ended, which gives them a touch and refinement that are impossible without it. This means they can't drive all speakers, but it means that those they drive, they make magic.
get a used Counterpoint SA20 or 220,send it to the creator "Micheal Elliot" ,have him up-grade it and you will be on top of the world,did that,and good luck to you,bob
I agree whole heartedly with Usblues101. Get a used Counterpoint sa-20 or 220 and try it like it is. Try using new tubes (Svetlana or Mullard or any NOS original tubes) to tailor it's sound to your tastes, and I bet you will find performance that will impress you for less than a grand. Best deal in used audio, and you can have it re-built by Michael Elliot later on.
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