Tube Receivers

Hello, I'm currently looking into picking up a vintage tube reciever. What are names to look out for and names to avoid?

 

Will I be able to stick a cd player in these older recievers? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

 

Make sure you hunt a while before striking. If you're interested in a certain piece, ask before going forward. Gotta make sure them tubes give ya good juice, and that replacements aren't gonna kill you. I have a Sherwood MkIII that I've been slowly getting to, and I'm lucky the tubes are in good shape, because replacements are hard to come by for the output section.

Let us help ya!

 

Can you hazard a *rough* guess on the wattage of that particular unit, Steve?

 

Could not help but think of the Cat Stevens song:

"The first watt is the sweetest, baby I know,
The first watt is the sweetest."

Regards,
Geoff

 

25 watts is a lot of juice for tubes, isn't it?

 

Depends. Some 8 watt amps can drive quite a bit at 8ohms. There are many 35wpc. Most push-pull designs are popular, but usually run low on watts.

It does not mean, however, that a Bottlehead Paramour (for example) can't knock you across the room. Many would use efficient horns in that application...

 

Thanks guys. I've heard really good things about thr Fisher 500c/800c. Would either of these receivers let me hook up a TT, CD player and tape player?