JohnM
10-11-2015, 13:57
For sale only: A fully restored pair of Quad II amplifiers.
Selling the pair for £950. Would also swap for a silver Chord Hugo (with the revised casing featuring the larger phono socket mounting holes).
*** NO other offers or any haggling please, thank you ***
The Quads were both fully sanded down, primed and resprayed by myself a few years back. Both still in very nice condition with only the odd mark here & there to the paint that I couldn't pic up well with the camera. There's a ding to the corner of the transformer cover on one of them, and a slight dent to the other - Please see the photos below. Both chassis are unmolested or cut/drilled in any way. I also went to the expense of getting new name plates made as the originals were in very poor shape. They're a near perfect match for the originals, with the correct serial numbers used.
I used the best quality modern components I could source, whilst staying true to the original component types and 'voicing' of the originals. Original Mullard EF86 and GZ32 valves included, and two new matched pairs of the Russian Gold Lion KT66s. Expensive Riken Ohm carbon types on the tag boards. The tag boards are beautifully made fibre-glass reproductions sourced from Quad Musikwiedergabe in Germany. Mills 12W wirewound & custom 25uF F&T cap for the cathode bypass components. Hand-matched Russian paper in oils for the coupling caps. F&T 16+16uF caps for the psu smoothers (these were installed last year and they've only seen a few hours use since then). Solid core Teflon-insulated internal wiring the same diameter as the originals. No mods or 'improvements' to Peter Walker's original design have been made.
I have included an earthing stud in place of one of the Bulgin mains socket screws, in the corner of each amp to make it easy to add an earth wire for safety. Interconnects and mains leads included.
Please PM me if genuinely interested (due to variable health it sometimes takes me a day or two to reply, so please be patient). UK buyers only I'm afraid due to the weight and fragile nature of the valves.
Would really prefer it if buyer could collect (from Basingstoke) if possible - unfortunately I am not able to drive at the moment, and do not have sturdy enough boxes to risk sending via courier, though will look into getting a pair of boxes if necessary... More than happy to dem.
- John
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/John-M23/DSC_0008.jpg
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/John-M23/DSC_0006.jpg
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/John-M23/Quad2dents.jpg
Selling the pair for £950. Would also swap for a silver Chord Hugo (with the revised casing featuring the larger phono socket mounting holes).
*** NO other offers or any haggling please, thank you ***
The Quads were both fully sanded down, primed and resprayed by myself a few years back. Both still in very nice condition with only the odd mark here & there to the paint that I couldn't pic up well with the camera. There's a ding to the corner of the transformer cover on one of them, and a slight dent to the other - Please see the photos below. Both chassis are unmolested or cut/drilled in any way. I also went to the expense of getting new name plates made as the originals were in very poor shape. They're a near perfect match for the originals, with the correct serial numbers used.
I used the best quality modern components I could source, whilst staying true to the original component types and 'voicing' of the originals. Original Mullard EF86 and GZ32 valves included, and two new matched pairs of the Russian Gold Lion KT66s. Expensive Riken Ohm carbon types on the tag boards. The tag boards are beautifully made fibre-glass reproductions sourced from Quad Musikwiedergabe in Germany. Mills 12W wirewound & custom 25uF F&T cap for the cathode bypass components. Hand-matched Russian paper in oils for the coupling caps. F&T 16+16uF caps for the psu smoothers (these were installed last year and they've only seen a few hours use since then). Solid core Teflon-insulated internal wiring the same diameter as the originals. No mods or 'improvements' to Peter Walker's original design have been made.
I have included an earthing stud in place of one of the Bulgin mains socket screws, in the corner of each amp to make it easy to add an earth wire for safety. Interconnects and mains leads included.
Please PM me if genuinely interested (due to variable health it sometimes takes me a day or two to reply, so please be patient). UK buyers only I'm afraid due to the weight and fragile nature of the valves.
Would really prefer it if buyer could collect (from Basingstoke) if possible - unfortunately I am not able to drive at the moment, and do not have sturdy enough boxes to risk sending via courier, though will look into getting a pair of boxes if necessary... More than happy to dem.
- John
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/John-M23/DSC_0008.jpg
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/John-M23/DSC_0006.jpg
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/John-M23/Quad2dents.jpg