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Moving away from tubes. Is this a good idea?

I need a new amp for my Totem Sttafs and REALLY considered tubes. My final thought is that if you don't have a certain pile of money you are only kissing your sister. Have you ever seen my sister? Besides there is a Devel's Tower of a learning curve for me to climb around tubes and I'm really anxious to just sit down and listen without any anxiety (if you know what I mean).

I have an opportunity to pick up a JungSon JA 88-D class A integrated amp. Just one piece of electronics to move onto the rack (but what a BIG piece:-)

I have a relatively med/small room (16'x17'x8'). The speakers are rated 8hm, 88dB, and 100 W max. program.

The amp is rated at 80 wpc, class A, RMS 8ohms.

From what I read the JungSon is about as close to a tube sound via ss as I can get without breaking into the kids xmas fund. I just want a rich full room of acoustical/vocal/instrumental music.

Could you give me your opinion if you think the Sttafs will be underpowered or unmatched.

Thanks.
djh
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I think you should buy a used PrimaLuna Prologue 2 or Cayin A-70t integrated amp and get your feet wet with tubes. If the tubed integrated amp doesn't do it for you, then resell at little or no loss and buy solid state.

I believe you can do better than the Jungson in solid state amplification.

That's my opinion.
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chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
If you want easy then that amp will be great, it will be a hot runner but it will be great.
restock
826 posts
 
To answer your questions:

Moving away from tubes. Is this a good idea?

No.

Have you ever seen my sister?

No.
glenfihi
525 posts
 
You no doubt could have a SS amp and be happy. But having tubes really are not the hassle some believe them to be. Go for the tubes at least once in your life, you may never go back.
springbok10
708 posts
 
Any of us tube freaks think you should go with tubes. There are a few Consonance integrated amps, with the sweet sounding EL 34s in your price range. I know that this is what I would do. If you go straight to ss, you'll not know what you're missing - if you go tubes and buy one of these units and it's insufficient power (which I doubt, since 40-60 WPC of tube power easily drove my Totem One Signatures easily in a bigger room), then you can sell it withot taking a beating.
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