Leben CS-660p power amp, rare UK 240v model

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Surprised to be doing this but I need to raise funds more quickly than expected ... selling the Leben CS-660p I picked up from Darren a while back. This has been truly stunning with my big Tannoys, pick of the Leben bunch. I'm sure most people have read the reviews but here are some to remind you:

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/l...amplifier.html
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/leben6/leben.html
http://jeffsplace.me/wordpress/?p=1866
http://www.toneimports.com/leben/ReviewCS660P.pdf

Part of the fascination with this amplifier is the ability not just to roll tube varieties, but to roll many different types of tube. There are two switches on the back that allow a huge range of power valves to be used, I'm including six flavours of tube in the sale to start the next owner off:

KT66 (Billington Gold GEC replica) - the amp was originally designed around the KT66, nice blend of oomph and refinement
KT77 Genalec Golden Lion - more raunchy and rocky than the KT66
6NC3E Russian 6L6/5881 equivalent - probably my favourite all round valve in this amp, see here for a rave - plus a spare matched pair.
EL34 Tung Sol, nice benchmark EL34, sweet and nicely-behaved
350B Valve Art - these haven't arrived yet from the US but I will forward when they come, supposedly something special in the Leben
6550 Tung Sol.

Note that it will also run the KT88 and KT90. I got fab results with Svetlana Winged C KT88s - big and bold and rocking, like a McIntosh MC275 - but these valves are so scarce now I'm not including them in the sale - keeping them.

Unfortunately I'm not going to make it to Scalford this year but I'm sure I can prevail on one of my Wammer mates to bring it up for me if someone needs to collect there.

This amp has a chip missing from the underside rear of the right hand wooden side cheek, this is barely visible when it's seated on a rack, but should be mentioned as part of the overall description. Regardless of this it's a stunning looking thing in bronze and wood

See here for the tube switch settings:



Price is £3000 firm including all six sets of valves. Current UK list price is £7105.

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