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In Reply to: RE: And when you buy a used A21... posted by genungo on September 2, 2016 at 07:54:48:
I don't know - there are numerous tube amps that last 5 decades - and a dealer that sold class D told me that more than 50% of them fail within 5 years. And he sold $3,000 class D amps from a big name.
In theory you are correct - but then maybe if Sugden uses a very good part and the class D cool running amp uses Chinese made $0.01 chips that may be a deciding factor. The Sugden changed from 10 watts to 20 watts because better parts materials became available.
It's a tough decision but performance often requires a bit more work whether it be getting superior performance in audio but having to change tubes and deal with heat or whether it be replacing tires on a Ferrari more often than a Ford Focus - vastly superior performance might be worth it.
I remember my initial audition with my OTO and separates from Bryston. I'm Canadian - the Bryston is Canadian - it has a 20 year warranty and 160watts per channel and much more options being separates. The OTO came with a 1 year warranty, 10 watts, integrated. So it's a gamble to to go with the OTO when looking at all the surrounding aspects. Until the play button was pushed. So the "risk" outweighed the benefits. The OTO is 12 years old now and I have replaced one tube ($8). So does one take IMO vastly better sound quality for 12 years or sound that I would have sold in 6 months at a big loss for the benefit of having a 20 year warranty?
I think we would need to hear from Sugden dealers and owners as to how they have lasted over the years. I remember when the Sugden got 5 stars for sound and the Bryston B60 got 3 stars for sound in Hi-Fi CHoice's blind tests. So the decision was the same - do we choose 3 star sound to last 20 years or 5 star sound that may need some work after 10?
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- RE: And when you buy a used A21... - RGA 20:50:45 09/03/16 (4)
- I'd rather have the Sugden - genungo 09:58:36 09/04/16 (3)
- RE: I'd rather have the Sugden - RGA 18:13:33 09/04/16 (2)
- RE: I'd rather have the Sugden - A.Wayne 08:42:08 09/05/16 (1)
- RE: I'd rather have the Sugden - RGA 20:09:35 09/05/16 (0)
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