Icon audio stereo 40 ie valve amplifier

By continuing to use the forum you conform your acceptance of these. If you are not happy to accept these you must stop using the forum and delete our cookies from your browser. Low Cost Chinese Valve Amplifiers. There has been much coverage of very low price, but fake, Chinese valve amplifiers i. Has anyone any experience of "non-fake" fully circuited Chinese valve hi fi amps and how well they perform? Only had experience with Yaqin, they seem to be built a cut above the rest and have good output transformers.

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• icon Audio Stereo 40 Mk 2 Instruction Manual
• Icon Audio Stereo 40 MKII Valve Integrated Amplifier RRP: £1495
• Hi-Fi World (January 2020)
• icon Audio Stereo 40 MK III Instruction Manual
• ProAc Studio 118
• Top tips for buying a used tube amp?
• My First Valve Amp
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Discussion in ' Audio Hardware ' started by Shiver , May 7, Log in or Sign up. Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Top tips for buying a used tube amp? Location: UK. Things that have crossed my possibly over-thinking! Or should they just be taken at face value sound , irrespective? Some ads say uprated tubes, but without giving detail. Anything to be wary of there? Any advice much appreciated. Shiver , May 7, Location: Ecuador. RE: tube rolling This is where I think the savings can be had.

Most folks roll in tubes that are mediocre at best and usually fall into the poor category. Tubes can get real pricey and you can get a feel for what they spent and what they could have potentially spent.

If someone has recently re-tubed it, see if they had someone else bias the tubes. It probably would have been looked at for associated problems or trouble spots. And ask if they'll keep what they bought and you will re-tube it yourself.

The thing to remember when buying tubes is that nobody, and I mean nobody, claims they do not have good midrange. It's like fresh seafoodknow anyone not selling fresh seafood? Shiver and Robert C like this. KT88 , May 7, HiFi Guy , The Seeker , conjotter and 1 other person like this. Location: Lexington, Massachusetts. Make sure you are well-acquainted with a competent tech before going down this path. Shiver likes this. Get a used Prima Luna, nothing to play around with or maintain.

The Prima Luna is more like a new Honda. If sound quality is number one priority then look at Croft, made in UK and killer sound. Linto , May 7, Location: Hong Kong. The first priority is sound quality sure but you also need something somewhat reliable - but you don;t want somehting that sounds mediocre and is ultra reliable - you could just buy a Bryston for that. Indeed, this applies to all Audio Note amplifiers. Yes - and the reason is simple - Audio Note doesn't change models but the prices rise.

So an OTO sold in for X dollars is now being sold for about times the price new. You put yours up for sale at half the NEW list price so people say what a great deal - and it is - but the original owner is getting his money back. As soon as a model changes or gets discontinued the product's value usually tanks. Cons: 1 Understated looks that don't show off the tubes.

If you must see the tubes - this can be a let down 2 10 watts of power - 4. The more expensive models retain the sensations and adds more resolution but the price typically goes up 5 times so Richard Austen , May 7, SandAndGlass and Shiver like this. Location: Midwestern US. Last edited: May 7, RDriftwood , May 7, SandAndGlass likes this. Location: Vallejo, CA. Somewhere there's a "chart" that shows you need X power for speakers of Y efficiency to get dynamic peaks of W, etc.

People love to break out this chart on McIntosh forums to demonstrate why everybody needs a watt behemoth of an amp for music to sound right. My real-world experience says this chart is basically useless. Rolltide , May 7, If you buy a used tube amp, be sure to immediately have it inspected by a trusted and extremely competent tube amp tech.

If you don't know one, you may need to spend as much effort finding the tech as finding a suitable amp to buy. When you buy any tube product, in my experience, be prepared to replace all the tubes.

It might not be necessary to replace them all, but then again, it might. That must be factored into the purchase price. Also, other parts such as capacitors may need to be replaced in order to ensure optimal performance. Some service may need to be done just to ensure that the amp is safe to operate.

What might that cost? TLMusic , May 7, TommyTunes , Shiver and RDriftwood like this. RDriftwood likes this. TLMusic likes this. Location: Grand Rapids, MI. Easily the best push-pull amplifier I've ever heard after a few mods but that was due to the classic Mullard topology, tube choices, and the excellent Acrosound output transformers.

Tube amps - at least competently designed ones - are fairly rugged beasts. I've been playing the vintage and DIY tube game for 25 years now and I've never had one completely destroy itself. It does happen though - like a friend who had a Heathkit W-5M power transformer blow, flooding his listening room with smoke. As mentioned above, an older tube amplifier usually needs a recapping job - either the ancient electrolytic power supply can cap, or another possibility are leaky oil capacitors.

The Pro-Acs sound efficient but I would be curious about their impedance - and how far down they dip. Some speakers just seem to work better with SS gear so I would research this before making the tube amp plunge. RDriftwood and Shiver like this. Location: Seattle, WA. Personally I recommend just starting with a tube preamp and see how you like that experience before going all-in for tubes.

I've been running tubes in my system for about 35 years, and about half of that time I ran a tube amp, and the other half I ran SS. Plus its a whole lot cheaper to roll preamp tubes than it is to roll output tubes in an amp. But what others have told you is true: If the previous owner has not serviced a vintage piece, then you WILL need to do so.

TarnishedEars , May 7, Location: Wisconsin. Chervokas has already covered a lot of the important considerations for vintage tube amps. The only thing I would add is to be cautious how a used amp is advertised. A "restored" amp often goes beyond that and replaces any components capacitors, rectifiers, etc.

A good restoration job should set the amp up for another years of continued use, with perhaps only the need to change out failing tubes. There may still be "ticking time bombs" within the amp that will need attention selenium rectifiers and eletrolytical capacitors being at the top of the list. If you end up buying some of the more well known vintage brands like Fisher , there are dedicated forums for them over at Audio Karma.

They should be able to help you with any questions that arise. Trashman , May 7, Location: Atlanta. Dentdog , May 7, Location: Syracuse NY. These are new tube amps based on vintage circuits and have fair build quality.

Since they are new, you are not facing the issues of condition or replacing tubes. You will also have a warranty. Buying from a shop who also has an in-house tech who is good with tube gear would also be a plus.

They have two models that might best suit you. They are integrated amps, so it's a complete package. Dealers who sell these might also have other brands to choose from, may have some trade-in models from the same or other brand, and possibly have an in-house tech. That's pretty hard to beat for a first time buy.

I sell the Jolida brand here in the US and offer in-house service and it is very similar to the Icon.

Icon Audio Stereo 40 MKII Valve Integrated Amplifier RRP: £1495

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This has been my first attempt at restoring a garrard and has been a pleasure from start to finish. I brought the motor off Ebay I found a local woodworker who kindly built this solid ash plinth for me to my specification. In the meantime I sent the motor to Martin Bastin who kindly upgraded the bearing to his specification plus a few other little tweaks including a total rewire. He described this particular model as having one of the best bearing for wear that had seen in a long time suggesting that it had only been used on the 45 setting this was music to my ears. After a 2 month wait for the motor I continued with the project and mounted the motor into 25mm mdf soaked in damar varnish which seals mdf making it more dense. I then placed this into the plinth mounted on carbon fibre pods from a company called something solid and these are used on the base of the plinth for isolation.

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Yes, it is, but it does not have analogue inputs, so cannot accept external analogue sources. Two gain settings Hi and Lo , a big illuminated spherical volume control centre and both phono-socket unbalanced and XLR- socket balanced analogue outputs being fitted to make it all happen. An unusual addition is balanced digital inputs. Chord Electronics products.

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View Full Version : Valve sound versus solid state HI ALL, it was felt by some that this subject needed to be explored further and explained in more detail, so after thinking about it, and writing a lot, i decided that it would be better to start this thread off with an invitation for you guys to to tell us what amplification your using, ie, valve, or solid state, and what it is about your choice that works for you. Dear Mr Matthews, I've got this rather old 30W Copper valve amp thingy that I found behind my sofa amongst some stale Jaffa cakes and a half-eaten muffin. It sounds rather good though and appears to outperform a pair of W solid-state monoblocks I also own. Could you explain what's going on?

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The first was around the support getting an offer on Ebay in my local area and taking the plunge on some II's. All is well at the moment, I am aware though the amplification set-up needs to be addressed as I am on a lower budget amp. One of the things that my recommenders need to be aware of is that I do not have a big budget and see around the mark to be about right, I noticed some people talking about the Yaqin Tube Amps and how well they go so thought I'd ask what people on here though, particularly around pairing. As you will see from my previous thread, the room my speakers is in is not massive.