Must admit I'd love to hear one of these up against the Radford. Looks super-cool and that's a great price for this amp.
Must admit I'd love to hear one of these up against the Radford. Looks super-cool and that's a great price for this amp.
Main: Speakers 'RFC' Tannoy Canterburys / custom crossovers with Tannoy ST50 supertweeters; Amp - Silvercore 833C monoblocks; Pre EAR 912; Vinyl: Thorens TD124 MkII + Ikeda IT345-CR1 9 inch and Ikeda IT-407 12 inch tonearms; Cartridges Stereo - Miyajima Madake, Miyajima Takumi, Ikeda 9TT, SAEC/Excel C3; Mono - Miyajimas - Zero 0.7, Premium 1.0, Edison '78' 4.0 conical, and Shure M44 strapped for mono with several Expert Stylus conicals for different eras of 78s; Phono stage and SUT from EAR 912 + Miyajima ETR-Mono SUT; Esoteric Sound Re-Equalizer for equalisation of early mono and 78, switchable in from tape loop; Digital: Audio Note CDT2/II transport, heavily modded AN Kit DAC + Mutec MC3+USB.
Study: Speakers - Tannoy DC6; Amp: Pass Aleph 'Mini'; tube preamp - Gate Audio tube; Vinyl: Technics SL10 with Pickering TL-3; Phono Stage from Gate Audio preamp; Digital - Trichord Genesis III CDP + Arcam rBlink.
Ok, needs must. This stunning amp is back up for sale.
Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
Cary 805c SET amps
Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects
Location: London
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Analogue: Technics SP10 MK2 > Phonomac AT-1010 MK6 tonearm > Ortofon Kontrapunkt b > Bigbottle Jfet MC Valve Phonostage (Telefunken Valves)
Digital: Raspberry Pi 3+ With Allo Boss.
Amplification: Nelson Pass DCB1 with Khozmo 48 Step Series Attenuator & Krell KSA100 MK2 Amplifier
Cables: SPOTFIRE Speaker Cable & SPOTFIRE IC Cables & NEW SPOTFIRE Tonearm cable
Speakers: Pioneer CS-77A
Location: London
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I'm Mickey.
GLWTS Adrian, and the school project
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Since its 800€ service and 300€ retube the amp has put in around 20 hours use max. I moved house a month after the service and the amp went into storage for a few months once I got into my new place and was waiting for a new alarm system and locks to be installed before setting up the hifi. It isn't something I want to let go as it has been described as what a valve amp should be and can't be bettered even within AR's upper echelons, according to a couple of reviewers who point out that AR has shot itself in the foot with this particular model.Why pay triple when the 75 has it all.
It will drive "any" speaker with ease.
I just have to keep telling myself that I can get another in the future and not to be so attached!
Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
Cary 805c SET amps
Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 25
I'm julian.
Hi Adrian,
Be good to know likely shipping costs to the UK £?, also who did the service.
kind regards,
J
Hi J. The service was done at Sarte Audio Elite in Valencia, the official distributor/service centre for most top notch gear here in Spain. I have the paperwork for it. Check out their website and prepare to drool lol.
Shipping will not be cheap, hence the reasonable price of the amp.
You're looking at around 280€ with UPS fully insured.
Or approx €180 with GLS who use Parcel Force in the UK.
However, such an amp really deserves the best courier and insurance IMO.
Adey
Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
Cary 805c SET amps
Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects
I should also mention that it has its original shipping boxes, custom bias adjustment tool etc. Any valve amp worth its salt should have bias adjustment as simple as with the ref 75.
The be compliment of tubes were bought matched from Watford Valves.
Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
Cary 805c SET amps
Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects