Some New Sweetness...(no, not me)

  Something I've always wanted to try was the Line Magnetic 217 300B integrated. I've had the bigger 300B from them, the 210, for a long time. It's one of my favorite amps, and the distributor's as well.  Load it up with aftermarket NOS tubes and look out...a killer diller if there ever was one...of course, one MUST have efficient speakers, which leaves more than 95 per cent of you out.  The same holds true with the 217.  Delightful right out of the box, the factory tubes LM uses are quite quite good, better than PrimaLuna's offering and others. And like the 210, the 217 is only for those of you with efficient speakers.  Or if you play very quietly.  Which, by the way some of you play, is anything but!  Be that as it may, I really like this lil guy, or girl, not sure yet...maybe it's binary. All I know is it is one gorgeous sounding amp. And how close to the 210, you ask? Pretty pretty close. Nah, I fooled ya... But the price difference is large enough where you get what you pay for.  The 217 is oh so sweet, and could be many's first foray into 300B units. The 210 adds to that with larger than life intensity and balls to the ground bass. That's what you get with bigger transformers and better parts. 
So bring me your efficient speakers, or give me a destination to drive to, and hear for yourself.  Highly recommended!

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