Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
Oh kids, let's stop this petty bickering...clearly the answer is just to buy the CTH-8550 and be done with it.

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Yeah, right. But it's not tubes, 'Stick, so Tube Fan won't like regardless.

Or try a ClassDAudio SDS-258, ($600 completed). Same power as the DarTZeel; not tubes either but does sounds great with my tube preamp.