Hafler 280XL with full Musical Concepts mods

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jholtz

Hafler 280XL with full Musical Concepts mods
« on: 18 Apr 2007, 03:11 pm »
I bought the amp new and then had extensive Musical Concepts mods installed in the mid 90’s. Essentially, the case and output mosfets are original and everything else is Musical Concepts. I sent it in to be updated and checked out about 4 years ago. I had some Blackgates etc. installed at the time. It has M/C PA boards, dual mono torodial transformer option, 80K of capacitance and is rewired with Kimber cable. There are about $1000 worth of mods on the amp. It’s very close to the Musical Concepts Signature mod.

This is an excellent sounding amp that rivals the big dollar amps sound quality. I added a rack mount faceplate while the NOS faceplates were available. The face plate is pristine and the switch light works as new. The amp was a factory built unit and I do have the original manual along with the Musical Concepts assembly materials. The top does have some small stacking scratches that have been carefully touched up. They are not visible unless you are looking for them. I would consider it a very conservatively rated #6 based on Audiogon's rating system. It’s actually much better than that in my opinion but that eliminates differences of opinion. The amp looks excellent and works like new. Pictures are available here: http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstran&1182005104&item

$650 plus shipping. Payment with Paypal only please.

Thanks for looking!

Jim Holtz
« Last Edit: 18 Apr 2007, 05:44 pm by jholtz »

jholtz

Re: Hafler 280XL with full Musical Concepts mods
« Reply #1 on: 22 Apr 2007, 01:01 pm »
Bump. Make me an offer. The worst thing that will happen is I'll say no.  :lol:

Whitese

Re: Hafler 280XL with full Musical Concepts mods
« Reply #2 on: 22 Apr 2007, 06:05 pm »
John Hillig makes great amps and mods,,,this amp would be a killer!..

jholtz

Re: Hafler 280XL with full Musical Concepts mods
« Reply #3 on: 22 Apr 2007, 06:35 pm »
John Hillig makes great amps and mods,,,this amp would be a killer!..

Thanks for the comments Whitese. Yes it is an excellent amp. John Hillig like Frank Van Alstine has been in business for many years creating state of the art electronics.

Jim

TONEPUB

Re: Hafler 280XL with full Musical Concepts mods
« Reply #4 on: 22 Apr 2007, 08:55 pm »
Hey there:

Saw your amp for sale.

I'm not in the market myself, but you might also want to drop a post
on the Steve Hoffman Music Forum.  Might be one of those guys
interested as well...

Good luck, that's a great amp at a very fair price!

jholtz

Re: Hafler 280XL with full Musical Concepts mods
« Reply #5 on: 22 Apr 2007, 09:08 pm »
Hey there:

Saw your amp for sale.

I'm not in the market myself, but you might also want to drop a post
on the Steve Hoffman Music Forum.  Might be one of those guys
interested as well...

Good luck, that's a great amp at a very fair price!

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the kind words and good idea. I do have a sale pending on the amp at this point.

Thank you again!

Best regards,

Jim