Croft 25R upgrade advice please
I cant make any informed recommendations on ‘upgrades’ as such as i bought my 25R and 7R monoblocks as they are , however, the previous owner had it upgraded from standard 25R to having the linestage of the 25RS (with 12BH7a valve installed but without seperate power supply) and all i can say is that it is end game stuff for most of us and not a bank breaker.
The next upgrade i have asked Glenn about is the ‘full monty’ version which goes beyond RS level using the seperate power supply, but better resistors and coupling caps etc etc. This upgrade is said to give performance of amps in the £15,000 area
This is the only option for me now as i dont feel that going to RS would give me enough bang for buck (around a grand) to add a seperate power supply. The linestage upgrades should give you most of the performance of the full blown RS.
As James has said ,best to check with Glenn as each situation is different but the ballpark for the full monty work on my already upgraded 25R was around 1500 to give you a rough idea. The linestgae upgrades would be much less id have thought?
Cheers
Karl
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Last edited by Bigbird; 01-10-2019 at 06:39.
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