I imagine most of you know Eastern Electric's name from their better known DACs, phono stage,integrated amplifiers and the amazing minimax pre-amp. They offer incredible value, "bang for the buck."
EDIT:I have lowered to price to offset the estimated cost of shipping. by Stereojomo. Received the
Maximum Mojo Award.
Loved by PostiveFeedback, too.
The designer set out to build the best cost no object amplifer. He came up with a real winner. And, his cost no object did NOT require $15,000. There are three
excellent professional reviews comparing THESE monoblocks to some very expensive gear, including
Einstein $20K amplifiers. 8)One of these was
a PANEL review where all the judges were blown away. These amps are incredible. They'll drive anything. To my ears, they are the best of tube gear along with great frequency extension in lows and highgs. And, they provide better bass than I've ever heard in my system. However, audio wanderlust has set in and I'm going in a completely new direction.
New = $5,000. My price $2797. That's about 55% of the price for these brand new.
These have seen light use as I don't use the main system as much as I should. I've only seen one pair of these used available before. I'm certainly questioning my own sanity in selling them, but, hey you have to try new things from time to time.
There are three amazing professional reviews of these amps, including a multi-panel review. Ask me and I'll send you all the cut and paste reviews I collected before I bought these. I'd rate the amps about an 8 or 9 only because they are not literally brand new. For the most part, they look great.
Feel free to ask questions. Thanks.
BTW, there is a cover for the transformers; I just removed it temporarily for the pictures.
And, I temporarily removed the bottom cover to show the point to point wiring.
Purchased from manufacturer.
Original boxes, manuals, even the white tube gloves.Some
Review Excerpts:The Eastern Electric M156 Monoblock tube amplifiers were put through an unusual gauntlet of evaluations because we determined early on that they appeared to be an unusual product.
By every standard, the amps proved themselves to have a very high level of audio performance at any price and an extraordinary level at their current price - and opinion shared by at least 6 individuals in several different rooms and systems.Anyone who is thinking of upgrading their tube power amp or amps seeking better sound and/or more power should definitely try these. We at Stereomojo value value, and these represent an outstanding bang for the buck.
Stereomojo Maximum Mojo Awardby Stereojomo. Received the Maximum Mojo Award.
At their price, they're not cheap, but they pack a lot of value and performance into their solidly built chassis. They're very well built; they have a grand presentation and tons of power for what I would call a very reasonable price. If any of this appeals to you, I haven't personally auditioned a more recommendable pair of amps with such universal appeal and
I'm pleased to offer them my highest recommendation. excerpt
by John Potis of
PositiveFeedback[My note]: They utilized ULTRA expensive Einstein for evaluation {back to review].
….was surprised at how good they sounded compared to the Einstein's in this ultra-revealing system. The big horns and bass cabinets still disappeared leaving a huge soundstage that extended from side to side across the 30’ width and up to the 20’ ceiling. No shrinkage at all. There was still plenty of detail throughout the audio spectrum and nothing was lost in translation. Depth and layering were about equal. No veiling was introduced. Vocals had the same warmth and presence and dynamics were equal if not a bit better on really big drums and orchestral crescendos. The top end did not suffer roll off and had close to the same amount of sparkle and transient response, but perhaps not quite as much speed. The Acapella’s plasma tweeters, which do not use conventional cones but a field of gas to reproduce upper frequencies, are the fastest in the industry. An amplifier that is slow would be exposed immediately. It didn’t happened.
One area actually was noticeably superior and that was the low end as produced by the big bass towers. There was more grip and control and an overall firmness that even the owner a bit begrudgingly recognized. In fact, here is a direct quote by Al Helo whose home and system we enjoyed that night: “Long warm up time. Once warm these bad boys are excellent.Open, plenty of power, no bloat, very good bass, very nice mids and extended open high end.
No over blown tube sound, but does retain the smoothness of tube amps. Not the sterile, etched sound as in solid state. They have that bloom in the mids that I like in tube amps. The sound unfolds and blooms from a very black background. Not as fast as OTL's (his Einstein’s) but what is!
Strong controlled bass. These amps would definitely be on a list to hear if I was in the market. Considering price these amps should be a contender on anyone’s list”.Overall,
every listener said how impressed they were by the “little” Eastern Electric’s. I was asked several times how much they cost, as if the panel found it difficult to believe.
END of excerpts I have positive feedback on Audiogon.
Pictures are with the "top" off. I did that so you can see the massive permalloy power transformers.
