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March 26, 2013 - 5:40pm
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I have just listed my Musical Fideity M3i amplifier in the Classified section on AVS Forum.
I am asking $950 plus shipping, and it might be exactly what you want; a very nice-sounding musical amplifier.
There are very few decent tube amps for the kind of money you talking about. Jolida has one, the 502, that is fairly good for around $1500, but IMO my M3i is a much better-sounding amplifier and also cost $1500 new.
Do you want floorstanding speakers or bookshelf/monitor speakers?
For $1300, the PSB Image T6 floorstanding speakers are unbeatable IMO. Check out the Articles on them in Stereophile and The Absolute Sound.
For bookshelf/monitor speakers I would recommend the Gallo Acoustics CL-2, which is outstanding for only $800 per pair.
The old Dynaco amplifiers are fair, but they really need to be rebuilt and upgraded with high-quality film coupling capacitors and new power-supply capacitors to compete with modern amplifiers.