Thanks all, the amp has been up and running fine, I wound up with kt88 tubes. It's more than loud enough to make my ears hurt with speakers so plenty of power for my use. I'm not worried about the heat as I have other tube gear (amateur radio tranceivers) That run much hotter than the Elekit...

I considered the 8600 but the 8200 will do what I need (audio for my Home Office/Den) Plus the 8200 Is available today Has the same output power (8 watts) Is smaller in size (I want the amp on my desk so I can easily reach the volume knob, and my desk is already loaded with monitors etc) Is a...

Hello all, I just ordered a TU-8200 DX today, and read through the thread. This will be going into my Home Office/Den so I would tend to believe it should work well for my use. One of the things that did concern me a little prior to buying the amp is having parts that become unobtainable. So...

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Hello to all. When I was young I used to enjoy putting on a nice pair of headphones and enjoying a good album; but life has a way of pulling you in various directions (raising a family etc) often we fall away from those things we enjoyed. Now my children are grown and I realized that I missed...