This thread seems to be resurrected on a regular basis ("Albarry: The Amps That Wouldn't Die!").

The new ones sound interesting, but my very strong recollection of the 408s was at the Harrogate Hifi Show (80? 81?), with Allison speakers and a Trio L-07D t/t. As an impressionable 21 year old with a student grant (remember them?) that could afford me a Trio KD1033/NAD 3030/Mission 710 system, I was utterly smitten by both the looks of the t/t and amps, and the magical sounds in that room. I vowed that I'd buy that system one day...

In the end, I went down the Exposure s/s route, but the hankering for both the Albarrys and the L-07D lived on. I will investigate the 408s some day, but for now I'm about to realise a dream come true on the latter