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In Reply to: Re: Thank you, but your amplifier is out of my range... posted by Guy on May 9, 2005 at 09:59:30:
I don't see what's wrong with buying a used tube amplifier, as long as you trust the other party's decription of the item (check their feedback on audiogon etc. - same as with any other item). I recently sold a pair of Atma-sphere M50 monoblocks in very good shape that would have been in your budget. Over the years, as much as 60% of the equipment I've purchased has been used, and I've never run into any insurmountable obstacles with the gear.I suspect you're concerned with the tubes themselves, which with atma-spheres isn't as big a deal as you might imagine. Pretty much all of them use the rugged and reliable Russian 6AS7G power tubes and you can retube a pair of M-50 (or M-60s) with brand new Sovteks for about $240. Not that you'd have to, since they tend to last quite long. Best of all perhaps, the power tubes don't require any matching! Driver tubes (4 per chassis) particularly the stock factory ones are similarly inexpensive (though you could make them pricey by going with exotic NOS varieties). If you haven;t heard OTL's before, you probably in for a very special treat, and if I were you, I wouldn't discount the 'used tube gear' path to sonic nirvana.
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- Re: Thank you, but your amplifier is out of my range... - Zenjabil 10:45:51 05/09/05 (1)
- Re: Thank you, but your amplifier is out of my range... - Legendre 07:28:21 05/13/05 (0)
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