In Reply to: what do you guy think of the $300 845 set amps from China? posted by trioderob on February 12, 2007 at 10:08:28:
As Naz said, if you are DIY type, you may consider giving it a chance.However, at such extreme prices all possible corners are cut. I've seen a few output transformers from these amps, and they are NOT quality audio transformers. From few available schematics, these amps use rudimentary capacitor input power supplies. Power transformers may be underrated. The tubes may be from the batches that fail factory quality tests. New production Chinese tube sockets are junk. From a few posts here, failure rates are high. And there is no warranty. With almost everything to be upgraded to make such an amp work satisfactory, it is just easier to build from scratch.
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- Depends on what you are. - sser2 18:55:31 02/12/07 (0)