211 tube amps

[FranklinLG]

Hey there AA folk! I'm curious if any of you out there have found a great amp built on the 211 tube. Yes, the Kondo Ongaku is incredible, but it has an incredible price. So I'm doing some research to find some 211 tubed amps that are somewhere under the $20K mark.

Thanks in advance for your input!

[gtubes]

Air Tight 211 mono's? I like them, retail 18,500.00 somewhere in there, used I had an opportunity to grab some local and demos for 10,500.00......I liked what I heard, during several sessions..

[howiebrou]

Yesterday I listened to a pair of Zanden 9600 monoblocks. Used they were being offered for 25k. Pretty nice stuff. This pair was using 211 tubes rather than the normal 845 ones.

Air tight has a resonably priced 211 amp if I remember correctly.

air tight 211

Air Tight ATM-211 tube monoblock power amplifier | Stereophile.com



Air Tight ATM-211 Mono Amplifier features:

� Unprecedented high power 22W derived from broadcast-oriented 211 valve with direct-coupled cathode-follower stage
� All-stage triode-driven non-NF Class-A operation to achieve pure, unimpaired sound
� Independently coiled transformer for amp-stage, bias, heater and relay circuits to remove mutual interferences
� DC-driven heater filament to eliminate hum of output valve
� Relay-activated muting circuit for long life of electrolytic capacitor
� Bias meter to check operation status of output valve

[jostber]

I have the Transcription Audio power amp which is built with the 211 tubes. Sounds wonderfully. Will cost you about 6.5k.

[jostber]

Heard a lot of great things about the Tron amplifiers as well:

The Telstar




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