[ratso]

the original grey color, in like new condition. includes 2 GE nos tubes. thanx for looking!

http://buy.audiogon.com/cgia/cls.pl?ampstube&1204856741

[dorokusai]

I've owned one of those and it's a great piece of gear. It was my first foray into an EL84.

Mark

[ratso]

my first foray into tubes! hope the next guy likes it as much as i did. i am switching up to some dared monoblocks. the almarro is sold, thanx to everyone who was interested.

[doug s.]

my first foray into tubes! hope the next guy likes it as much as i did. i am switching up to some dared monoblocks. the almarro is sold, thanx to everyone who was interested.

good luck. but, if you are using efficient speakers & only need 5wpc, don't be surprised if you find yourself looking for another a205a mkll...   

doug s.

[JoshK]

is it SEP?  That is the only way I know to get 5w from a single EL84. 

[opnly bafld]

is it SEP?  That is the only way I know to get 5w from a single EL84. 

Yes

[ratso]

thanx doug. actually for the money (a little less!) i got some new dared vp-20's. as i said to someone it's so good it's like stealing..

[opnly bafld]

good luck. but, if you are using efficient speakers & only need 5wpc, don't be surprised if you find yourself looking for another a205a mkll...   

doug s.

Not if you have 4 ohm speakers, right doug? 

Lin

[doug s.]

lin, i would suspect you're right, as the almarro a205a mkll (later iterations, at least), has taps for 8 & 16 ohm speakers.  i have never tried 4 ohm speakers w/my amp.  but, if i had a pair of 4 ohm hi-efficiency speakers, i would definitely query almarro about using this amp to drive them, because it really is a nice amp...

doug s.

good luck. but, if you are using efficient speakers & only need 5wpc, don't be surprised if you find yourself looking for another a205a mkll...   

doug s.

Not if you have 4 ohm speakers, right doug? 

Lin

[opnly bafld]

lin, i would suspect you're right, as the almarro a205a mkll (later iterations, at least), has taps for 8 & 16 ohm speakers.  i have never tried 4 ohm speakers w/my amp.  but, if i had a pair of 4 ohm hi-efficiency speakers, i would definitely query almarro about using this amp to drive them, because it really is a nice amp...

doug s.

Doug,
I just sold an earlier model (which I was very fond of, but too many amps) that was rated for 8 and 16 also, they are not really optimized for lower imp.
I posted because I saw in another thread that you were using a 205 to drive your Fostex FEs in series and before I was wondering (from a pic you posted) why you were not running the two drivers in parallel. 

Lin

[doug s.]

running them in series presents a 16 ohm load to the amp;  if i were to run them in parallel, the amp would see a 4 ohm load...

i know the almarro a205a mkll isn't optimized for 4 ohm loads; when i suggested querying almarro, it's cuz they might have a work-around, short of getting some of those outboard speltz auto-formers...

doug s.

lin, i would suspect you're right, as the almarro a205a mkll (later iterations, at least), has taps for 8 & 16 ohm speakers.  i have never tried 4 ohm speakers w/my amp.  but, if i had a pair of 4 ohm hi-efficiency speakers, i would definitely query almarro about using this amp to drive them, because it really is a nice amp...

doug s.

Doug,
I just sold an earlier model (which I was very fond of, but too many amps) that was rated for 8 and 16 also, they are not really optimized for lower imp.
I posted because I saw in another thread that you were using a 205 to drive your Fostex FEs in series and before I was wondering (from a pic you posted) why you were not running the two drivers in parallel. 

Lin