FS: Pass/First Watt Aleph 3 clone

[Matt_J]

Bought brand new by me a few months ago (July from memory) UK made withy excellent build quality as can be seen from the pictures. This is a clone of the Nelson Pass Aleph 3, so single ended full 30W Class A, hence the size and weight of the case, which surprisingly for the output doesn't get that hot, barely above warm to the touch.

It has single ended and balanced inputs with soft start feature, sounds great and is deathly quiet, I'm only selling it as I don't realistically have the room for a proper pre/power amp set up of this size so I've gone back to an integrated.

Size is 40cm(W) x 40cm(D) x 23cm (H) and I'd guess it weighs over 20kg or thereabouts. Condition is as you'd expect for something a couple of months old, non smoking/pet/child free here so it doesn't stink of fags, isn't full of cat hair and hasn't had jam forced through the vents.

Happy to put you in touch with the builder for any questions, he seems to make these in batches to order and sell them via Ebay. It's one of Joe Henry's.

Due to the size and weight it's going to be collection/delivery/meet up only I'm afraid, I'm just off J27 M1 and happy to deliver locally or meet up further afield if it helps.

Price is £750 and I'm happy to include a quality set of 2m Van Damm XLRs at that.

Speaker protection
toroidal transformer
160,000uf of capacitor
power Soft start circuit.
LED on/off switch.
precise matching mosfet's.
supply rail fusing.
XLR. RCA. input's.
Audio grade binding post's.

SPECIFICATIONS
Gain 20 dB
Freq. Response - 0.5 dB at 2 Hz, 100 KHz
Power Output 30 watts/ch 8 ohms
60 watts/ch 4 ohms
60 watts/ch 2 ohms
Maximum Output 23 volts, 8 amps
Distortion (1KHz) 0.2% @ 30 watts, 8 ohms
1% @ 60 watts, 4 ohms
1% @ 60 watts, 2 ohms
Input Impedance 23 Kohm
Damping factor 100
Crosstalk > -80 dB 20-20 KHz

[hifinutt]

Admired joe`s amps many times on ebay and the proac FB group leader is always on about joe`s amps and how good they are

[Yomanze]

That is the tidiest clone I have ever seen. Build looks as good as the originals.

[Matt_J]

That is the tidiest clone I have ever seen. Build looks as good as the originals.

Yes that's what drew me to it in the first place, the workmanship looks second to none and is reflected in it's operation, it's deathly quiet with no pops or hiss just a great bit of kit.

I shudder to think what it would cost if made by one of the big manufacturers sold via a dealer.

[mad-moon]

Yes that's what drew me to it in the first place, the workmanship looks second to none and is reflected in it's operation, it's deathly quiet with no pops or hiss just a great bit of kit.

I shudder to think what it would cost if made by one of the big manufacturers sold via a dealer.

That is a quality built piece of kit..I'd imagine you would be parting with £2000 + + if that had a name on it and it was on a dealers shelf..

[Matt_J]

Forgot to mention, I will be in the Swansea area from Sunday 13th until the 15th (Sun, Mon, Tues) if this helps anyone out with logistics.

Cheers

[Matt_J]

Deposit now taken, so SSTP.

edit: definitely sold.

[Yomanze]

Yes that's what drew me to it in the first place, the workmanship looks second to none and is reflected in it's operation, it's deathly quiet with no pops or hiss just a great bit of kit.

I shudder to think what it would cost if made by one of the big manufacturers sold via a dealer.

£3.5k and up.