Hi guys,

I've been thinking about getting into tube amplifiers for a little while now. I was wondering if you have any suggestions on one that I can get started with. I don't want to spend that much money in the beginning (i.e. less than $500). This means that I am looking at a used amp.

Do you have any recommendations for a decent used amp that would be in this price range? I want something I can tweak and experiment with.

Any help and suggestions you can give would be quite helpful.

Thanks,
Rich

I ran across it again today while reading a reviewer's evaluation of some speakers in that other audio magazine, and, as usual it produced the raised eyebrow and the little smile. The statement, a rough equivalent of which comes up from time to time in speaker reviews everywhere, was, "The bass extends to just a bit below 40Hz, but....they create the illusion of going even lower than that." The speakers create that illusion, do they? How very clever of them. How do you suppose they do it?