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In Reply to: RE: Tube Monoblock Magnepan Advice posted by Ozzy on August 22, 2014 at 03:52:32
Exactly. $800 is a drop in the bucket compared to buying new amps. I would suggest the Quickie V4's for instance if buying were your only option, but those even used would be around 4K. As already mentioned, your current amps would be impossible to replace with only an $800 budget to work with. I'd refurbish them in a heartbeat.
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First, new-to-you amps are NOT limited to the 800 'fix it' cost, which IMO is probably not necessary, anyway. Caps lasting only 10 years? How old are those amps, anyway?
Unless the caps are 85c rated and next to some cookin' hot tubes, they should go a MINIMUM of 20 years before even a look. You'll KNOW when they are going south. ANY audible or visual symptoms of impending doom?
But if they are still working properly AND you are simply getting 'the itch', add the resale value of the amps TO the 800 to arrive at 'true, zero cost budget'. Than you can ADD an additional sum as you choose.
I don't know from 'quickies', except possibly my sex life, but the SAME 4K$ would buy a PAIR of something like Parasound JC-1 mono blocs which have a 2nd-2-none reputation and will drive Maggies to distraction. The good kind.
Other choices? Dozens of 'em, at minimum.
Too much is never enough
I'm thinking he could get 1200-1500 for his amps. Add the 800 to that and he is at 2000-2300. I'm not sure he could do better than what he already has for that kind of money. At best, probably a lateral move.
Oz
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
Which is BACK at about the original cost of the amps! And with a decades or so worth of INFLATION tossed in for good measure.
I see what you mean:
I still need to know from the OP, whom I wish the best of choices, IF this is a 'got an itch' move or the amps show some signs of impending cap failure? (bulges, noise, etc)?
Too much is never enough
I think he's asking for "tube" mono block advice. In which case, I would think the "Quicksilver" V4s or Silver 88's would be a nice step up. That said, I think he could refurbish his current amps for less than the $800 he was quoted.....and if he's happy with them, why not go in that direction.
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