[duggie]

you say the el84 amp is 18wpc; website sez 10wpc. will the true power rating please stand up? 

also, is this amp push-pull, or parallel single-ended?

re: the chinese gear debate, i have no problem buying gear from small start-up companies in china, where the money goes to hard-working individuals.  what really upsets me is when companies like mark levinson's red rose music rebadge chinese gear & sell it for 8-10 times the retail rate.

i would rather buy this korsun amp for $1525 (which includes air shipping):

http://www.nysound.com/exec/servlet/CategoryServlet?action=productdetail&itemID=kos-2010-01001&formID=0



than this one, which goes for $7k:

http://www.redrosemusic.com/affirmation.shtml



$377:
http://www.nysound.com/exec/servlet/CategoryServlet?action=productdetail&itemID=kos-2010-01003&formID=0



$3k:
http://www.redrosemusic.com/passion.shtml


i own a nice li'l korsun integrated amp; i paid $150 for it used, which included shipping costs from hong-kong.  red rose used to sell it for $2.5k...

ymmv...