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says...

Two visitors this afternoon who dragged themselves to mine (from Nottingham,
no less) to hear my Triode amp wre obviously deeply impressed and asked me
'How did you get into valves, then?

Answer: Easy - I tried dozens of ss amps and none of them hit the mark. The
minute I swapped a Parasound 5 channel arc welder (HC1205A ??) for a valve
amp, I never looked back!

Many years ago I bought a box at a big jumble sale (Pre boot sales).

Inside it was a Garrard 301, 12" SME arm and what appeared to be a home built copy of a Leak
design valve amp with a Mullard pre..

I used the amp with a Sugden BD1 deck build on a slate slab, Goldring Lenco arm/cartridge and
a pair of Leak sandwich speakers. Sounded sweet as a nut.

The 301/SME I swapped for a QUAD2 / 22 which I used for a few years. Still have the IIs but
the 22 vanished in a house move some years back. . Switched to a Nait2 and then to an
Audiolab 8000S.

Very tempted to try one of your Chinese amps, or maybe get the Quads refettled..

T.
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Please Tony, NO!! You'd look dreadful in a basque and fishnets..