LSA VT-70 integrated amplifier Specifications

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Description: Tubed, Ultralinear class-AB integrated amplifier. Tube complement: four EL34s in matched pairs (6550s and KT88s also supported), two 12AU7s, one 12AX7. Inputs: 3 pair RCA. Outputs: 4 and 8 ohm speaker taps, two (stereo) subwoofer on RCA; ¼" headphone jack. Rated output power: 35Wpc into 8 ohms (15.44dBW). Frequency range: 20Hz–40kHz. S/N ratio: 90dB. Input impedance: 100k ohms. Power consumption: 23W.
Dimensions: 14.75" (375mm) W × 8.85" (225mm) H × 11.5" (292mm) D. Weight: 46lb (20.9kg).
Finish: Powdercoat black with silver faceplate.
Serial number of unit reviewed: VT7021031. Manufactured in China.
Price: $1299 introductory price through 2022; $1399 after that. Warranty: 2 years on electronics, 6 months on tubes. 30-day at-home trial with 15% restocking fee if returned. Phone and internet sales only.
Manufacturer: LSA/Underwood HiFi. Tel: (770) 667-5633. Email: underwoodwally@aol.com. Web: underwoodhifi.com

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LSA/Underwood HiFi
underwoodwally@aol.com
(770) 667-5633
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Jack L's picture

Hi

Don't hold yr breath on Chinese-made tubes. Lower cost shorter life-span. No miracles !

Such 6-month short short warranty should have already hinted the consumers what would happen sooner or later.

FYI, the 50-plus-year-young Telefunken ECC83s & then-brand-new made-in-Geat-Brtain Mullard ECC82s used in my phono-preamp for some 7 years, operating quite many hours week-in week-out. They still make me good classical music - nooo problem.

Brandnames speak !

Listening is believing

Jack L

Bill Leebens's picture

Ir's worth noting that a great many audio products are only warranted for 90 days until the warranty is extended when the product is registered with the manufacturer.Those warranty terms don't apply to tubes included with a product---
that six month warranty on tubes is the de facto standard---Chinese, Czech, Russian, whatever. The longest warranty I know of for tubes included in a product is one year, and that was only for the small signal tubes. I've seen power output tubes with as little as 90 day warranty coverage.

Jack L's picture

Hi

Really? So please name a few brandname audio products in the marketplace today only provide "90 days" warranty.

I am all ears

Jack L

Jack L's picture

Hi

Guys, No politics in this open venue please.

As posted in Stereophile forums since day one a few years back, I am on 'quality" only.

While we are still on this tube amp, suppose you were the owner of this amp, just arrived & put on test run - it broke down in no time!
What woud you feel ? You would still love its design/quality control ?????

It could be built in the Silicon Valley, CA, or the Brazilian rain forests or whatever. It "happened" to be made-in-China ! This unfortunately reflects on the "ethnics" issue as seen by some politically knowledgeable readers here.

In fact, I fixed a few "high-end" tube power amps made-in-China, using bigboy tubes, e.g. 300B & 2A3 just within a few years & surely I know how good were those made-in-China were. Even after upgrading it with expensive audiophile-grade caps, interwiring etc etc as requested by their ownes, the upgraded sound quality did not impress me at all vs tube amps built in Japan/USA which I auditioned before.

I quote basing facts being an electrical engineering guy.

Listening is believing

Jack L

johnnythunder1's picture

Hungarian music (Bartok string quartets) on my French, Canadian, German, Italian and British system.

Jack L's picture

Hi

I love Chinese ethnic cuisines bigtime, not those cheapie 'alien' chinese food in foodcourt takeawys or in foodcups !! Like tubes, money talks !!!

Yes, I pretty like Brahms' music, particularly his Violin Concerto in D Major. Soooo romantic !!

His Hungarian Dance No. 5 is also my favourite, not the other Dances though.

Listenig is believing

Jack L

JaredBeebe's picture

I noticed the Crazy Eddie reference or Easter Egg, does this reference "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle?

RML's picture

Hi all - as a potential newbie to tube amplification, I'd appreciate any views on whether the knocks on the LSA VT-70 with respect to midrange vocals, etc. could be affected (or resolved) by using a tube set other than what is supplied?

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