For sale my personal pair of Cary 805C monoblock power amps.
I bought them 8 years ago from a Cary dealer in the USA and then converted them to 240V mains. They have been in regular use, without issue, and provide a big, dynamic sound with depth and clarity.
They were modified before I got them to ape the earlier Cary 805 which can switch between 211 or 845 output valves, the mods I am aware of are:
- Switchable between 845 and 211 output valves
- Carda copper binding posts on 8 ohm output
- Feedback output and level switches removed from circuit - amp runs without negative feedback
- Rel-Cap Exotica PCU copper foil coupling capacitors
They are both in very good condition, with the only marks on the chassis on the top plate of one amp, as shown here:
The amps will be supplied complete as originally delivered, including:
- Full set of valves - 6SL7, 300B, 211 & 845
- Test lead for setting bias on 300B
- Original printed user manual
- Service manual
- Cardboard shipping boxes
- Wooden shipping crates
The valves which come with the amps are:
- NOS Sylvania 6SL7WGT
- New Genalex Golden Lion 300B matched pair
- Taylor Tubes (Chinese) 845 matched pair
- NOS General Electric VT-4-C (211) matched pair
Alternatively the Elrog 300B and 211 valves listed separately do work very nicely
A new set of Cary 805 AE come in at over £10,000, I am asking £4,250.00 including delivery within the UK.