US Amps: tube amps?

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Whats up with them? I cant find a whole lot of info or reviews. Im thinking of trying an AX-TU1000 specifically, anyone have experience with these?

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[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Ok, after some more searching I read that theyre not "true" tube amps. Im still looking for more specific stuff about the AX-TU1000 though...

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

What do you mean by not true tube amp?

Here is what I figured on them. If you can get that t1000 it is the only one actually worth buying. I wouldn't pay much more than a good class a/b either. I was actually looking at buying that one on ebay like 3 months ago. I feel they are pretty cool novelty kind of thing, but if you don't plan on hanging onto it for a while it may lose value, or be really hard to sell.

Other than that they are supposed to be some really kick *** amps. I love US amps AX line myself, but it's a little more money than I like to spend. I seached non stop for info on the AX line, and the Tube line specifically. There just isn't hardly any information out there on them.

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

Sadly, most of the "tube" car audio amplifiers were just marketing hype. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Thats the one Im thinking of buying too.....sshhhh!

I love my AX2000 for subs, also Ive sort of been looking around for a 2ch with about 300w per ch. Plus it would match my sub amp!

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

I think the price is about $100 dollars more than it's worth right now, but I like it. If you are going to hang onto it for a long time then go for it. I don't see them popping up real often.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I would run far away from the new ones. I got to play around with an AX-TU300 for a week, and it was horrible. Uses 12AX7s in the preamp stage, and they had way too much gain, to the point where the output was distorted and crackling. Maybe substituting lower-gain tubes like 5751s would work, but in stock form, it's all but unusable.

I haven't tried the older ones, so I can't say anything about those.