Yaqin MC13S E34 Vacuum Tube Aplifier

PJammer4life
PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,669
edited October 2016 in Musicians and Gearheads
Need some feedback. My buddy insists if you go analog with vinyl you should get a tube amp. I can buy this direct from China for $567. It is highly rated on Amazon. I would use it strictly for vinyl. Anyone have one or play vinyl with a vacuum tube amp? I don't want to pay $3,000-$5000 for hi fi Mcintosh vacuum tube amp. Thoughts? Does sound justify over a regular amp with Wi Fi and all the other current bells and whistles?
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  • earthquakes making waves
    earthquakes making waves Posts: 296
    You can also get tube preamps that can give you the warmth of sound you may be looking for at a better budget.
  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,669
    Thank you. I will look into that. Then the signal can be processed by any receiver.
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  • earthquakes making waves
    earthquakes making waves Posts: 296
    yeah, it's the same concept guitar and most bass amps take when they use the preamp to color/warm the sound, while the amp just pushes extra wattage. since switching to vinyl fairly recently i use a cambridge phono preamp to connect my old turntable into my current system that is made for both surround and music listening as I have multiple settings and it sounds phenomenal. Especially when compared to the digital world, when I'm rich I'll upgrade everything for now but you will notice things you never have before just by switching to vinyl in the first place
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    tube is the only way to listen to vinyl in my opinion. and yes there are some less expensive options out there.

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  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,669
    edited October 2016
    The Cambridge preamp option looks great, but my receiver cuts out the right channel at times, so buying a preamp and new receiver is close in cost to a Yaqin Vacuum Tube amp. I'm new to this, but switching to an Orange guitar tube amp made me wanna see what a tube amp can do with vinyl. Would the Cambridge preamp into a tube receiver be redundant?
    Thanks for the replies.
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  • earthquakes making waves
    earthquakes making waves Posts: 296
    It's needed to change the phono signal into a line level signal to plug into a regular amp, still giving u the warmth and a clear signal that has worked great for me in the mean time. If you can swing it and think u may have problems in ur receiver that could be a problem depending on the input u use. Just think of it as a chain. The weakest link will be the problem whether it be amp, speakers, turntables, etc, and even the quality of cables. So, it totally depends on your budget and long term usage.

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