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Old 12-31-2013, 03:42 PM
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Dale.......That is a sweet integrated amplifier.


Dan, dollar for dollar it is the best investment I have ever made in audio equip.
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Old 12-31-2013, 05:00 PM
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I have a Leben CS300XS integrated in my family room driving a pair of Devore Fidelity Super 8's. It is an amazing little amp. Very musical, well balanced, with a delicious tone. I play it for at least 2 hrs. every day with dead solid reliability. Tone Imports is the North American importer so excellent customer service is available. I particularly like the bass boost feature that functions just like a loudness button. Their integrated amps are highly rated. Not much info available on their separates but I'm sure they are just as wonderful.
The Super 8's are so musical that almost any amp appears to be wonderful.
But I agree that Leben makes great gear.
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Old 01-01-2014, 10:01 PM
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Jerome,
I must agree the Super 8's can make any amp sound special. But here's an example. I have a pair of custom James Loudspeaker quad tweeter array outdoor speakers on my patio that I drive with a Bryston B60 integrated.
A great combo that works beautifully. I swapped the Bryston for the Leben one
day and the music became magical! Sweet, Lucious, and tonally correct
I'm tempted to try and sneak another Leben into the house for the patio, but the wife would spot that and I would be hung out to dry.
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Jerome, I must agree the Super 8's can make any amp sound special. But here's an example. I have a pair of custom James Loudspeaker quad tweeter array outdoor speakers on my patio that I drive with a Bryston B60 integrated. A great combo that works beautifully. I swapped the Bryston for the Leben one day and the music became magical! Sweet, Lucious, and tonally correct I'm tempted to try and sneak another Leben into the house for the patio, but the wife would spot that and I would be hung out to dry.
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Shouldn't this thread be in the Japanese section, Leben is most certainly not Chinese....
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Shouldn't this thread be in the Japanese section, Leben is most certainly not Chinese....
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I will echo the Leben love. I'm rocking the Devore Nines and Leben CS600 and am very satisfied. Tone, fluidity, sweetness are the first words that come to mind. I swapped in some NOS EL34 and haven't looked back.

Of course I have upgradeitis and would love to try Devore's O/96 and am interested in hearing the Shindo gear, but as someone mentioned above the Leben integrated are some of the best deals in Audio and I find myself questioning whether the investment to upgrade would be worth it.
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I will echo the Leben love. I'm rocking the Devore Nines and Leben CS600 and am very satisfied. Tone, fluidity, sweetness are the first words that come to mind. I swapped in some NOS EL34 and haven't looked back.

Of course I have upgradeitis and would love to try Devore's O/96 and am interested in hearing the Shindo gear, but as someone mentioned above the Leben integrated are some of the best deals in Audio and I find myself questioning whether the investment to upgrade would be worth it.
It would be worth it IMO.
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I have CS300XS and nicely paired with Reference 3a Episode
The sound of cymbal and brass instrument has some nice golden shimmers.
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