Intermezzo, my UX-171A power amp, use to play tricks on me and go from not delivering full power (an ear bleeding 0.5W) to a tenth of this. But I did find a problem. As the wife would say "is it a lose wire or something". Well it was. I very rarely use screw connector and this time I did and one refuse to bid-down properly. But since the heavy-handed adjustment, full power.
While I have gone to the trouble of pulling this very retro amp out with its 1920s UX-171A and 80 rec. tube I thought I may have a listen down listen lounge #3 (which my wife foolishly calls the "family room"). I have some Fostex FE206En based speakers here and with my 4S based preamp (with 12AU7) and using the iPad playing itunes radio (classical) I should be in for a good time. With the iPad I take the output from the charging\access port at the side with a lead which has the iPad connector and RCAs. This way you get direct access to the 24B\96K DAC inside without all the headphone drivers and volume controls getting in the way. Much, much better. itunes radio is 256K variable bit rate so possibly the highest resolution internet radio around. Definitely the very best classical content of everything I have listened to so far.
Take a look at the setup. Behind is my Oppo-93 SE and High Sense 47" LED TV. "Number 9" (80W tube and chip amp) usually drivers these speakers. Intermezzo has such a detailed and gentle touch.
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The speakers are rather nice looking and no doubt perform as well. They look like Fostex 206s. Do you use subs with them?