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I bought this as a project. The schematic is good, and it is known to be a very musical amp. It had some work to be done, replacing components, heatsink and power filter capacitors, but this is necessary if you want to bring it back to life and have a reliable usage afterwards. In case you are planning to buy one unit like this one, remember to put a bigger and better heat-sink, replace all the electrolitic capacitors, check the trim pots as they tend to cause problems when setting the idle current (bias) on the power stage. The current itself is set by measuring the voltage drop across S and E pin on each N power transistor, after a warm up of say 5 min. It should be 13, 0 mV DC. Apart from that the device is nicely built. I would recommend it as a start amp, or as a re-build project to all those interested. Regards, and thanks for your time! RadkoRead full review
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This amp on its own sounds as flat as a pancake and is very quiet for its rating, I was disappointed after buying the A500 preamp which sounds great, fortunately together with the preamp it sounds good.
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Amplifier is in excellent condition, arrived March 4th. Packaging was really good. This amplifier is now performing superbly in my system. Thank so much.
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I needed a new amp as my old one had blown. Got this as had a one before which was reasonable quality for low price. This amplifier is equally good value and works well with my technics speakers. This will not be for any audiophiles, but more than adequate for the job with good highs and lows and reasonable clarity. Tone controls do very little but slightly useful in my very humble opinion.
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Was delighted to pick this up at a sensible price. Arrived promptly and well packaged. Lovely warm sound when connected to a pair of Gale Gold monitor speakers. Home office is now a little bit more like a luxurious escape than a chicken coup.
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