Interest in Joule Electra VZN220 amps?


I have a friend with a pair of "Rite of Passage" VZN 220 OTL amplifiers he needs to sell.They are built with "musicwood" and have matching Variacs for slow turn-on. I have no idea what price these would sell for. Does anyone have experience selling or buying these?
mrdean

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Mrdean,

Using the Audiogon bluebook as a guide, the VZN220 musicwoods used avg. is $17,020.

Have you been in the room when these amps are running? They throw off a ton of heat and will raise the temps in your room significantly. Unless you are using them in a very large room or have a world class AC system this is definitely something to consider.

I would also consider the costs when and if they need to be repaired as they are basically hand made and would be hard for anyone but Joule to repair them.

My personal experience with repair at Joule has not been very good, but I am sure that others may disagree. At any rate, repair is expensive and not a speedy process.

Just my two cents!