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Poor Ella, the unwanted Amp [message #8728] Sat, 22 January 2005 11:12 Go to next message
BillEpstein is currently offline  BillEpstein
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There have been 2 for sale on Audiogon for awhile. One debuted at over $900 and is modded to the max. But it's like putting $100,000 in remodel to a $60,000 house on a street of $60,000 houses.
The other is $600 which is less than the delivered price of the kit with tubes.
Unless they're Bottlehead or Wellborne amp kits are a tough sell. But the so-so lower end of the Antique line sells immediately as does out and out junk like some un-named other far-eastern amps.
I can't see parting with mine; lot's of mods yet to be done and Push-Pull is way under-rated. Maybe if it was called 'double-ended'.....?

Re: Poor Ella, the unwanted Amp [message #8729 is a reply to message #8728] Sat, 22 January 2005 12:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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That's really odd. Stanley Chu (when still alive) and Brian Cherry are real class acts with great products.

Re: Poor Ella, the unwanted Amp [message #8730 is a reply to message #8728] Sat, 22 January 2005 14:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
elektratig is currently offline  elektratig
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Bill,

I'm assuming these were kits built by the owners? If so, I'd think reluctance to purchase would be understandable since you don't know the skills of the assemblers.

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Re: Poor Ella, the unwanted Amp [message #8731 is a reply to message #8728] Sat, 22 January 2005 17:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
PakProtector is currently offline  PakProtector
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don't even think of that double-ended BS. have you been talking to sheep-Jute, a.k.a cheap-Jack?

PP is underrated by some. PP was traditionally built under the squeeze out the watts pressure. SE came back when highest attention to quality was being paid the circuit design and parts selection. This and a few other things went to establish SE as the way to do things if you wanted the 'Best'. there is an underlying 'the grapes were sour' sort of attitude towards power from this group which makes me smile when speakers of less than 100dB 1W 1m are brought to a big listening event....

I stand with the PP gang. A bunch of folks who have heard some of my stuff might be moving in that direction as well.
regards,
Douglas

Re: Poor Ella, the unwanted Amp [message #8739 is a reply to message #8728] Mon, 24 January 2005 06:03 Go to previous message
TubeCraft is currently offline  TubeCraft
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If they're already built (and/or modded), doesn't that take a lot of of the fun out of it? ;>)

"Double-ended"? ain't that a class B PP amp? Just kidding...


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