WTD vintage SUGDEN a21

[thebeathunters]

hi everybody
used to have one of these and hardly used it after some system changes so i finally offered it to a friend who loved it. yeah, i'm that kind of friend... so now i'm looking for its brother, the 2nd vintage teck woodcase series with the BDY38 at the back. i can have it picked up anywhere in UK
if you guys feel like downsizing or have leads, thanks in advance :) phil

[The Barbarian]

There's a A21 on E-Bay with 'BDY38' Output transistors.. couple hundred notes..

[thebeathunters]

yeah i've seen it, thanks :) but the selling "as is" sounds to me like there's something funny about it...

[The Barbarian]

True but i would advise a full rebuild for long term reliability sake.. As that one does not say series 2 on the facia it may well be a late earlier one with later 'BDY38's

[thebeathunters]

of course it will need some LTC ;-) my previous unit had leaking condos and i had it serviced thoroughly
what do you mean by "later BDY38s"? are there different series of them?

[The Barbarian]

The Richard Allan was the first version .. The JE Sudgen badged version of it {BD121 Outputs}, The series 2 {BDY38 Outputs}..However the Series.2 said Series.2 on the facia so why has that Series.1 got Series.2 output transistors?

[thebeathunters]

hum... ok the richard allan was almost a different amp
my unit was a series 2 (with bdy38) same fascia with only "J.A sugden class A stereo amplifier"
have you ever seen series 1 or 2 written on the front panel?

[The Barbarian]

Thats right it was

Series 2 has some circuit rework too...

The Series one just said 'J.E.Sugden Class A Stereo Amplifier'
The Series Two says 'J.E.Sugden Class A Stereo Amplifier Series Two'

[thebeathunters]

but the bdy38 series is considered to be the best one ;-)

[thebeathunters]

seems like i found a NOS unit...:eyebrows: more to come when it reaches these shores...

[thebeathunters]

NOS indeed :) in beautiful walnut case. i'm happy!
case closed