$1,750 · TUBE Amp - Finale Audio F208B

Experience the magic of tubes. Canadian designed and built by Finale Audio (Triode Labs), this is a 10 watt (into 6 ohms), pure Class A, integrated amplifier with 3 source inputs. Sound is detailed, rich and full, with a huge soundstage. Will easily drive speakers with 89db efficiency or better. Uses a quad of EL84s and a pair of 12ax7s; autobiasing so no fuss when changing tubes. Comes with a set of Matsushita (Japanese factory designed by Mullard) EL84s and a new matched pair of British NOS Mullard 12ax7s from the mid 60s ($200 USD) . Upgraded with Mundorf Silver-in-Oil coupling capacitors, as recommended by the designer, Frank Ng. Also included is an unused quad of Genalex (Russian) EL84s, an unused pair of JJ 12ax7s (Slovakia) and a pair of Philips/Amperex (Dutch) 12ax7s with about 100 hours on them. I am going to miss this sweet amp but sadly have to consolidate systems. Will demo for serious buyers.