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    I would buy a VFET amp and have it properly refurbished. When working properly, they are worth their weight in gold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hifinutt View Post
    mmm if i had yammy ns speakers i might buy firebottle valve hybrid monoblocks and a cheap passive pre which would be just a tad over a grand but not much

    http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ower-amplifier
    You can use your nak as a pre. Would be a great choice.

    PS, you can pick different cases for them. Those discs on the front don't do them justice. Could look like mine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shovel_Knight View Post
    I would buy a VFET amp and have it properly refurbished. When working properly, they are worth their weight in gold.
    Yes I’ve got my eye on one, trouble is it has a crackling output pot, I don’t know how serious that is, but I has slightly put me off.
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    Is it a power amp or one of Sony integrateds?

    Crackling pots can usually be fixed with a generous helping of contact cleaner. Although in my former TA-4650 the volume pot was enormous and completely sealed.

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    It’s a power amp, Yamaha b-2
    My System
    John Wood KT88 Amp.
    Paradise Phono Stage
    Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
    PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
    Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
    Sony X555ES Cd Player
    Yamaha NS1000m Speakers

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    If it were me.......

    I'd avoid vintage Japanese amplifiers. I love them but I've had a plethora of issues with them. Mainly pots or switches. I can name at least two people who are suffering with the same problems too.

    I really do love them though.

    Can't get Vfets. Won't be the same with anything else.

    Class A is beautiful.

    Class D is also worth a look due to the pure efficiency of them.

    I'll never flog my Amps. They are the best things I've owned in that area. Bar none.

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    EWA Q20V with volume pot.

    Heard Colins amps at Ali Tates place-class A just does it for me (bought an M50 off the back of what I heard)

    The croft integrated is about 1k....my son runs croft pre/power-what lovely music they make, dare say the integrated would do the bussiness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian7633 View Post
    I've been living with quite pronounced tinitus for a long time, your problem sounds different, might be worth getting checked?
    Do you use a hearing aid Ian? Although I don't use mine all the time I have found it has helped my tinitus
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pieoftheday View Post
    Do you use a hearing aid Ian? Although I don't use mine all the time I have found it has helped my tinitus
    I've not used one yet James, I'm lucky that distraction techniques work well for me. the only time I really notice it is bed time but playing a cd or having the radio on quietly usually does the trick. I was worried it would drive me insane, not too far to go there, but I adapted pretty quickly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian7633 View Post
    I've not used one yet James, I'm lucky that distraction techniques work well for me. the only time I really notice it is bed time but playing a cd or having the radio on quietly usually does the trick. I was worried it would drive me insane, not too far to go there, but I adapted pretty quickly.
    Apparently tinitus is the brain trying to fill in the gaps that hearing loss has left, so the chap at ENT said, I suppose that's why a hearing aid can be useful,it fills in the gaps,or tries to so the brain doesn't have to. It's good you've found ways to adapt
    novafidelity x40 music server/pre/dac, Arcam A39, roksan k3 power amp,Monitor Audio Monitor 50, Dali spektor 1, van damme interconnects and speaker cable, roskan k3 CD player

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