So I got a pair of K1000s a couple weeks ago, and now I need an amp. Any ideas?

What a coincidence I bought a second pair last week

Go totally nuts and get someone to custom build a push-pull 300B tube amp.

Get a Dynamite

Hmm.. interesting.. I was thinking along the lines of some kind of tube amp that used power tubes, not sure if I want an OTL or TC design though... Some other SS options woud be cool too.

@ Go Vibe.. I have a PINT so the Go Vibe would be a no.

For a more serious answer I really like my Aleph 30. Adds lots of bass and warms up the sound, improved a lot with a proper preamp.

Pain in the ass though since it gets so hot and takes at least 30 minutes to warm up and sound best.

Hmm.. interesting.. I was thinking along the lines of some kind of tube amp that used power tubes, not sure if I want an OTL or TC design though... Some other SS options woud be cool too.

@ Go Vibe.. I have a PINT so the Go Vibe would be a no.

You could run those three in series.

Maybe.... The power tube amp suggestion does get the gremlins cooking though...

What a coincidence I bought a second pair last week

I hate you both.

What a coincidence I bought a second pair last week

grrr...

Get Woo's new 300B! Just coming out. This amp should rock! Notice the seperate power supply, and balanced connection. It has speaker outs, K1000 out, high/low dynamic switch.

Yeah but it's going to cost "less than $3000" according to Woo, not exactly cheap

Jeez that looks nice.

PFK didn't say anything about wanting something cheap

True.. but I could probably get 300B levels of power by using several cheaper tubes...

Get Woo's new 300B! Just coming out. This amp should rock! Notice the seperate power supply, and balanced connection. It has speaker outs, K1000 out, high/low dynamic switch.

Meh, it's just another one of the countless 6SL7-6SN7-300B amps, nothing special, those things are a dime a dozen. Not bad, but nothing special other than the 2-chassis design.

What I'm saying is, go nuts, get really out there on the fringe and build something like The Karna. Push-pull 5687 to 2A3 to 300B, loads more power & control, sounds radically different from the traditional single-ended 300B. The only downside is it's gonna cost a fortune and you need to get someone to custom-build it.

That sure is crazy. I like the Axiom Amp, from Chimera Labs. The schematic is available as well, and in addition to offering a built package, should be offering it in kit form to be built by the user themselves.

http://www.chimeralabs.com/axiom_full.html

Meh, it's just another one of the countless 6SL7-6SN7-300B amps, nothing special, those things are a dime a dozen. Not bad, but nothing special other than the 2-chassis design.

What I'm saying is, go nuts, get really out there on the fringe and build something like The Karna. Push-pull 5687 to 2A3 to 300B, loads more power & control, sounds radically different from the traditional single-ended 300B. The only downside is it's gonna cost a fortune and you need to get someone to custom-build it.

Any more "affordable" DIY 300B designs?

It looks like the Woo5 is $3000.

Any more "affordable" DIY 300B designs?

It looks like the Woo5 is $3000.

Sure, there's Thorsten Loesch's Full Monkey design about 2/3 of the way down the page. WE 437A's ain't exactly cheap but at least there's only one of them per channel.

http://www.pmillett.com/ecc99_srpp_headphone_amp.htm

This is something Pete designed for his K1000 - while this isn't my thing, it did make the K1000 sound very nice, and was designed for them exclusively.

First Watt F1. I found it better than the RWA Sig 30 (which is excellent as well) and a Cary 300sei with WE tubes. Have Mikhail add preamp outs if you don't already have it to your MPX3 Slam and you are good to go. They can be found on Audiogon for $1500 used from time to time or you could go here: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1177292886

I am surprised that the RWA Sig 30 gets so much praise given what it is inside it...

I am surprised that the RWA Sig 30 gets so much praise given what it is inside it...

To state the obvious, it sounds good (to me at least). I had one in my system with a pair of Abbys and but for the F1, I would probably still have it.

I don't think I would use it with speakers below 95db but with 95db and above it's a nice amp.

Cool... glad to hear it as the charlize I am building for my Polk Audio RTi4's [97db] is very similar.