FS Croft Line Integrated

[Bourney]

Croft Line integrated

Bought recently to try in my system a bit. Curious tinkerage. Runs my Audionote Oto SE signature close, in some ways better with heavier music.
Twin volume knobs as Glenn intended and in tidy nick, complete with box.bought from a local forum member who has had this a few years. All valves are stock as far as I am aware.
It's a beautiful sounding compact amp that operates in a higher league than its price suggests.
I paid £600 collected a few weeks ago, I'd like the same back if possible.

https://images2.imgbox.com/bf/94/sR8hB2Vt_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/sR8hB2Vt)

https://images2.imgbox.com/aa/b0/lsJQhOaf_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/lsJQhOaf)

https://images2.imgbox.com/30/74/O6LAluuL_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/O6LAluuL)

[Bourney]

Sold

[Lawrence001]

Thought it would sell quick these Croft hybrid integrateds have a good rep.

[Macca]

Croft always sells quick. Even when the man himself was still around and making it. More so now there'll be no more of it.

[Alex_UK]

Amazing sounding kit for the money, and as Martin says, now there will be no more it will only get increasingly desirable.

[Barry]

Amazing sounding kit for the money, and as Martin says, now there will be no more it will only get increasingly desirable.

Agreed - GLWS.

[Stranraer]

Can't imagine many Crofts coming up for sale in the near future. Mine certainly won't be.
They're magical with any music I throw at them and there's plenty of indie audio engineers out there able to work on the brilliantly basic internals if servicing is needed.
Maybe a lidless photo showing the workings to remind us of Glenn's gifted handiwork ?
For some of us they're a work of art.

[Lawrence001]

I wasn't sure if the sad demise of Glenn, coupled with the fact that he didn't want to pass his skills and designs ("company" is probably stretching the meaning of the word although he may have had a limited company) on to anyone else, meant that values could fall as potential owners would be worried about the lack of official servicing/repair/upgrades that Glenn offered at not much more than cost.

I know a few people have offered to repair and upgrade them so it remains to be seen what the long run holds. It could be like the market for vintage Tannoys, where some very skilled and respected people offer such services.

[Macca]

I wasn't sure if the sad demise of Glenn, coupled with the fact that he didn't want to pass his skills and designs ("company" is probably stretching the meaning of the word although he may have had a limited company) on to anyone else, meant that values could fall as potential owners would be worried about the lack of official servicing/repair/upgrades that Glenn offered at not much more than cost.

I know a few people have offered to repair and upgrade them so it remains to be seen what the long run holds. It could be like the market for vintage Tannoys, where some very skilled and respected people offer such services.

They are simple with no PCB or surface mount and everything wired point to point

Compare inside 7R

https://i.ibb.co/xthzgR5T/croft.jpg (https://ibb.co/8LMPxS8Z)


With, for example, inside a Naim

https://i.ibb.co/6RMcsdKV/naim.jpg (https://ibb.co/BVpHs1hd)

I'm not an EE but it's obvious which one is going to be easier to fault-find and repair.

[Stranraer]

Ooh luverley.
You got an Onlyfans site I can subscribe to, Macca ?

Re repairs, the few components that sit under the bonnet are easily sourced and replaced with some electrical engineering knowledge, a steady hand and a soldering iron. There's nothing exotic going on, just great ideas expertly executed.