FINDING THE BETTER TUBE PRE

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Danny Richie

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Mono-block cost
« Reply #20 on: 28 May 2003, 08:34 pm »
Hey Josh,

It depends on the finish you choose.

24k Gold plating and Chrome plating are not cheap.

Fortunately Gary sells his work for about 1/3 to 1/2 of what it would typically sell for in the retail market.

I am pretty sure he built a set of those 120 watt mono-blocks for one guy for about $5,500. for the pair.

He has a new version of it that sounds even better that I think he can produce for about $4,500. for the pair.

hmen

FINDING THE BETTER TUBE PRE
« Reply #21 on: 30 May 2003, 03:20 pm »
I recently bought  the Super Preamp DJH signature model from AES.
 http://www.audioelectronicsupply.com. AES is a subsidiary of CARY so you might see it on AG as "AES/Cary". I've seen it listed for $700-$800 a number of times. It cost me $1200 new, which is more than you want to spend, and it has no phono but the sound is excellent.  It's pure class A with no feedback and it has improved my system (2 Decware Zen amps and VMPS RM2 speakers) immensely.   :D