Cary Audio V12R


Hi,

I'm very keen to purchase a Cary Audio V12R tube amp. What is the going price for the item currently...

Appreciate the feedback.
C
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Check out Audiogon and/or Orion bluebooks, or Ebay completed listings, that should give you some idea.
They generally go in the $2k-$2.5k range depending on which version (the "R" is the latest and best, the original was also good but I've heard mixed feelings on the in-between "i" version) and condition. Retail was mostly around $4-$5k again depending on model and a few options. Tube types and used life also are going to be factors of course.
Full disclosure I happen to have one which I absolutely love intensely but it's the "all out version" called the "F1 Special Edition". It comes with the upgraded Caps and Cardas internal wiring, also the later heavy duty transformers and sports a special black and silver/gray factory paint. It's the best sounding (and definitely coolest looking) amp I've ever owned. Ironically I've actually upgraded my system to a mega $$$ pair of tube mono blocks so the Cary has been set aside for now because I just hadn't had the heart to part with it just yet...I had always hoped I'd find someone who would give her the well deserved home she deserves...Hmmm
I don't want to bust your bubble however,  the latest  Cary amplifiers sound way better, the 120S MK II is a really nice amp the older V12 that I demoed years ago at SBS in the City just didn't have any magic and its bass drive way nothing special. 

I had the V12R. nice amp, but runs hot enough to fry a burger on. I have the CAD 120's and had new hexfreds and Cardas caps put in. With the SLP98P pre there is no need to upgrade to the Mark II because there is plenty of gain in the pre. I wouldn't trade it.