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RE: Marantz 8B with Bob Hovland Mods?

I'm a fan of the 8B. The answers are correct, make changes to an 8B and it (usually) reduces its resale value. But it also makes it sound better. No idea what Hovland changes are, but typical update is to recap, low noise diodes, coupling caps, replace out of spec resistors, driver tube changes (or just use I think they are E90's that sound so good).

So you end up paying a premium for an 8B, in some cases it is worth it, other times not. My experience is that it depends on system synergy. I tried a lot of amps before I settled on an 8B, but I use it with electrostatics which have an odd impedance curve. In this case, the 8B ended up beating out every other amplifier I tried.


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