RE: In search of a new amp

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Posted by airtime (A) on March 5, 2017 at 06:49:34

In Reply to: In search of a new amp posted by Bikeryder on March 3, 2017 at 16:56:23:

Ya know what could surprise you is a vintage amp. And then have it professionally rebuilt and restored.

I just had a Marantz 250M totally redone and it's an amazing sounding piece. Like taking the originally design and adding nitro. New low ESR caps, better low noise diodes, new beefier transistors, better relays, etc...

If you think about it amp design didn't radically change in the last 40 or so years, but the material technology did. This route takes advantage of both. And vintage gear tends to have that original big beefy power supply that in the end really makes that stuff special.

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Topic - In search of a new amp - Bikeryder 16:56:23 03/03/17 (16)

RE: In search of a new amp - Joey54 17:39:53 03/09/17 (1)

RE: In search of a new amp - Tidycat1 19:41:29 03/09/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - Mr Peabody 13:14:37 03/08/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - Bikeryder 14:02:35 03/07/17 (0)

Now for something completely different. - jusbe 03:02:06 03/07/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - Uncle Mike 08:48:07 03/05/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - airtime 06:49:34 03/05/17 (0)

I would look at like Audiogon, and click price, then peruse the ones between $1,500 and $2K.. Then read up - 3+4=5 21:39:41 03/04/17 (1)

+1... or the AA trader ...nt - musetap 10:29:10 03/05/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - AudioSoul 13:00:47 03/04/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - airtime 08:08:24 03/04/17 (1)

+1 on the Latino ST70 as described. Magic with the GL 88's - Mick Wolfe 09:36:42 03/04/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - BCR 04:41:03 03/04/17 (2)

RE: In search of a new amp - Mick Wolfe 20:08:18 03/04/17 (0)

+1. nt - viridian 19:22:14 03/04/17 (0)

RE: In search of a new amp - Frihed89 01:11:35 03/04/17 (0)

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RE: In search of a new amp - airtime 06:49:34 03/05/17 (0)

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