I am the original owner of these amps (Serial No. 882) and have owned them for approximately 12 years, when 3.2 was the most recent version. They were upgraded to 3.3 by Atma-Sphere when that version became available. These amps also have the V-cap upgrade. Additional upgrades are still available through Atma-Sphere. They have always been used in a smoke free environment. They are in great operational condition. Given their age, cosmetically they show a little wear and there is a nick on one of the silver face plates.
FEATURES
- Balanced Differential Design®
- Class-A2 operation
- Patented Circlotronic® direct-coupled (OTL) output stage
- Dual-mono chassis construction
- Automatic bias - no adjustment needed
- Built in VU meter for tube and output monitoring
- Easily monostrapped for greatly increased power
- Standby switch for long output tube life
- Uses only one gain stage for supreme clarity of sound
- Proprietary precision components used throughout
- Low-noise "star" grounding topology
- Fully hand-wired point-to-point electronics - no circuit boards!
- Stable with all input and load conditions
- Uses octal base triode vacuum tubes
- Classic open chassis construction with Wrinkletex™ finish
Price is $3,500 for the pair.
The sale price includes 16 x Russian 6AS7 tubes (8 per amp) sourced from Vintage Tube Services, as well as a set of spare Russian 6AS7 tubes sourced from Atma-Sphere. In addition, 8 x NOS 6SN7 driver tubes (4 per amp: Raytheon VT-231 and Sylvania 6SN7) are included. One of the nice features of the amp is you can remove output tubes to reduce power (and heat) if your speakers don't require the 60 watts at 8 ohms (80 watts at 16 ohms and 45 watts at 4 ohms).
Amps are sold "as is" with no warranty expressed or implied. I have lots of feedback under username clio09 on Audiogon. Buyer pays for shipping/insurance from Napa, CA 94559 to lower US 48 only. If you have any questions, please message me or contact Ralph Karsten, he knows me well.
Payment methods accepted: PayPal (Friends & Family only), Zelle, certified check, money order.
If buyer is interested, I also have a set of the Speltz autoformers in cherry finish for $650 (these are only available with the purchase of the amps, otherwise I will keep them).
