zanden_9600_300w

Price: $51,975 per pair

Website: www.zandenaudio.com

Marc said: While vacuum tubes will always have their issues, audiophiles will continue to admire them, and an amplifier like the Model 9600 only increases the pull. If your audiophile rite of passage begins with the Model 9600, I predict it will end there as well.

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Read the SoundStage! review.

The gist: Are there better-looking tube amps? Uh, no.