Antique Sound Lab AQ-1001DT // Tube Integrated Amplifier / 50 wpc

If you’ve ever wanted your system to feel like a late-night jazz bar—or a quiet cabin with the fire crackling and your favorite record humming—meet the AQ‑1001DT. This all-tube integrated amp from Antique Sound Lab isn’t here to measure perfectly or brag about specs. It’s here to make music feel alive.

• Replaced 8 critical bias resistors
• Installed critically matched quad set of Svetlana 6550 tubes
• Installed new input tubes
• Matched gain stages
  
• Replaced signal path capacitors
• Adjusted Bias
• Verified power and distortion at 1kHz
• Cleaned internals controls, switches, and chassis

SPECS

Type Tube Integrated Amplifier

Power Output 50 WPC (pentode mode) / 29 WPC (triode mode)

Frequency response 15Hz-23kHz (@ 1W) / 32Hz-34kHz (@ full power)

Distortion 1% (@ 1W) / (@ full power)

Tube complement 4x 6550 (Svetlana); 4x 12AU7 (JJ)

Bias Built-in bias controls

Inputs three pairs of gold-plated RCAs

Output 5-way gold-plated heavy duty binding posts, line-level subwoofer outputs

Front panel controls on/off, level, source

Remote Wireless remote control

Power Cord Detachable, IEC C13 receptacle (female)

Fuse 5A Slow blow

Chassis finish Polished steel

Front panel finish Aluminum / Silver Anodizing

Dimensions 16.5"W x 8.75"D x 12"H

Weight 48 lbs.

LINER NOTES

The AQ1001DT was dead quiet, with no annoying hissing to be heard from my speakers. It sounded warm, textured, smooth, and dimensional, and was a good match—although not a great match—for my soft, lush-sounding Dali Grands and Arcam CD player. It would probably sound awesome in a system that is slightly leaner than mine. The Margules that I reviewed earlier is in the same price range, but I would pick this amp every time. Although the Margules was more flexible, the ASL sounded better in my system.

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