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Review on 🎧 Dared MP-5BT Stereo Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier, Hybrid Amplifier with Bluetooth Connection, USB/DAC Input, Headphone Output, Pre Output, 25Wx2, including Tubes 6N1x1, 6N2x1, 6E2x1 by Thasapon Keitt

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great little tube amp!

I'm new to Home Audio and after a lot of testing and research I bought my first bookshelf speakers, a Triangle Br03, I also bought my first amp, a cheap Douk tube amp for about $200. Being new to this hobby, I've tried to keep my budget under $1,000. The $200 Douk amp did a fantastic job for the price, powered my speakers great and sounded great. I wanted to keep it but wanted to buy an amp for around $500-$1000 so unfortunately I returned it. Then I bought an Audiolab 6000A. At 3/4 times the price of the Douk, Audiolab certainly outperforms it in every category, but it's still lacking. I got the tube sound characteristics from Douk. After much research and a desire to try a different tube amp to see if I could get that sonic signature back, I settled on the Dared MP5BT. Plugging it into my speakers immediately brought back the tube sound, which I liked better than Audiolab's solid-state sound. I summed up being new to the lamp. This Dared MP5BT is a cute little tube amp that goes great with my speakers. I got good and beautiful sounds that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I also like that it has bluetooth which is very handy in today's world. The only thing I would have liked would have been a subwoofer output, but I can't complain as even a lot of high-end tube amps don't have that feature. Anyone looking for a cheap tube amp in today's market should give this MP5BT a try, I think you can't go wrong.

Pros
  • Home Audio
Cons
  • Makes me nervous