FS: EAR 861 power amplifier

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Selling my EAR Yoshino 861 ... regarded by many as the best sounding and certainly one of the more expensive valve amps in the EAR range.

Reluctantly letting this go to fund the rebuild of my Radford STA100 at Radford Revival where it has now gone for a ground up refurb.

Truly fantastic amp, Push pull, triode-strapped EL519s, putting out 32w per channel in Class A with massive current capability. Huge output transformers for 32w. Balanced and single ended inputs, input attenuators for in-room channel balance and preamp matching, can be strapped for a 64w monoblock, 4, 8 and 16 ohm taps for flexibility, and pretty cool looks. Not a mark on it, I don’t know how old it is but I’m told it was re-valved in 2013.

Having owned the EAR V20 and 899 integrateds I would say it's quite a bit more refined than either, with a lovely sweetness to it that belies the punch it also has - a rare combination indeed. (The 509 monoblocks which I've also owned also sound flat by comparison).

Tons of reviews online - 32w in class a is more than enough to drive my Tannoy HPDs.

I have the box and packing but would prefer if possible to have it collected or at least a meet-up in M3-M4-M25-A34 sort of area. Looking for £2700.