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In Reply to: When the parts are worth more than the whole posted by kintyre695 on May 9, 2012 at 06:45:03:
Most are. If you think about it, all those "ordinary" tube components of the early and mid 60's came stock with what is now sought after tubes. I've got a bone-stock Dynaco PAS-2 sitting on a shelf. Now there are a lot of upgrades you can do to it, but it's likely that a modern preamp will still better it. And it's not particularly valuable itself, but it's full of the original Dynaco branded Telefunken 12AX7's which are probably more valuable than the whole preamp--provided they test high enough. Others I'd put in the same boat are the Eico ST-40 and ST-70. I think they look ugly, especially compared to the brass-faced Fisher and Scott gear, but again the tubes and transformers are there. The rule-of-thumb I've heard is that if the cosmetics are good, chassis undamaged and no rust or corrosion then it's worth restoring, otherwise you might be better off parting it out.
--Matt
"When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot."
--Dalai Lama
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