Stuff For Sale
Audio Gear I have for sale as of 11/20/2024:
Melos SE-75 Single Ended Tube Monoblocks
A pair of sequential serial # Melos SE-75 High Current Triode, Single Ended Monoblock Tube Amplifiers. These are world-class amplifiers by any standards. Yes, they sound amazing. Stunningly amazing. Unfortunately I no longer have a listening room and am not using them, so here they are. If you have a listening room and want to audition them contact me.
From the Manufacturer: The design goal of the SE-75 was not only the elimination of the crossover notch (in SE amplifiers), but retaining the extremely low impedance and high current necessary to accurately deliver music into a reactive load. This goal is accomplished via two mediums. Firstly, the choice of tube type. The deflection tubes used in the SE-75 are capable of currents on the order of 3x a 6550 or KT88. These tubes are then driven G2 triode. The linearity of G2 triode operation will quite frankly put a 300B or 845 amplifier to shame. The G2 drive affords an additional benefit of unusually low impedance and the corresponding increase in power bandwidth. Some reservations have been asserted about the ambiguities resulting from the imperfect paralleling of multiple output tubes. This problem was easily addressed through utilization of the DC currents of the "unused" G1, effecting a self- accommodating "auto matching" circuit.
The resulting improvements in linearity, damping, bandwidth and reduction of 2d harmonic distortion produces a clear, clean purity devoid of bloat or harshness plaguing antiquated SE designs.
Power: 75 watts per channel, minimum RMS at 2, 4 or 8 ohm from 20Hz- 20kHz, with no more than 0.5% total harmonic distortion.
Sensitivity: 2 volt for full power
Small Signal Distortion: Less than .05% at midband
Phase: Non-inverting
Frequency Response: 7Hz to 55kHz +0/-3db
Hum and Noise: -90db below full power output
Input Impedance: 100K Ohms
Dimensions: 19x22x9 inches
Weight: 64 lbs. ea.
Suggested Retail: $11,995 (in 1999)
Sale Price: $3500 + Shipping.
Altec 436B Tube Compressor
The “Paul McCartney” Compressor
A pair of sequential serial # Melos SE-75 High Current Triode, Single Ended Monoblock Tube Amplifiers. These are world-class amplifiers by any standards. Yes, they sound amazing. Stunningly amazing. Unfortunately I no longer have a listening room and am not using them, so here they are. If you have a listening room and want to audition them contact me.
From the Manufacturer: The design goal of the SE-75 was not only the elimination of the crossover notch (in SE amplifiers), but retaining the extremely low impedance and high current necessary to accurately deliver music into a reactive load. This goal is accomplished via two mediums. Firstly, the choice of tube type. The deflection tubes used in the SE-75 are capable of currents on the order of 3x a 6550 or KT88. These tubes are then driven G2 triode. The linearity of G2 triode operation will quite frankly put a 300B or 845 amplifier to shame. The G2 drive affords an additional benefit of unusually low impedance and the corresponding increase in power bandwidth. Some reservations have been asserted about the ambiguities resulting from the imperfect paralleling of multiple output tubes. This problem was easily addressed through utilization of the DC currents of the "unused" G1, effecting a self- accommodating "auto matching" circuit.
The resulting improvements in linearity, damping, bandwidth and reduction of 2d harmonic distortion produces a clear, clean purity devoid of bloat or harshness plaguing antiquated SE designs.
Power: 75 watts per channel, minimum RMS at 2, 4 or 8 ohm from 20Hz- 20kHz, with no more than 0.5% total harmonic distortion.
Sensitivity: 2 volt for full power
Small Signal Distortion: Less than .05% at midband
Phase: Non-inverting
Frequency Response: 7Hz to 55kHz +0/-3db
Hum and Noise: -90db below full power output
Input Impedance: 100K Ohms
Dimensions: 19x22x9 inches
Weight: 64 lbs. ea.
Suggested Retail: $11,995 (in 1999)
Sale Price: $3500 + Shipping.
