Is this for real?
While cruising through A'gon Tube Amplifier section I see that a seller has listed an amplifier with a retail price of.....are you ready.... $3,500,000 (I had to go back for a double take on that)!!! However, as these amplifiers are used, and only in 9/10 condition, the seller has discounted these amps down to $139,000 (at a discount of 96%, what a bargain....hurry, supplies are limited!).
Is this for real, or are these prices a mistake? What's your take on a pair of mono blocks that retail for $3,500,000?
Is this for real, or are these prices a mistake? What's your take on a pair of mono blocks that retail for $3,500,000?
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Sorry, you’re off by an order of magnitude. The 833s are a mere $350,000 and it looks as if the ad has been corrected if they had mistakenly listed them as ten times that. Still not exactly cheap however 😏 I believe this is the listing in question https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-one-of-the-very-best-amps-ever-made-2017-08-31-amplifiers Ive heard these amps and they do sound excellent, but as one suspects for the price so they should |
https://www.stereophile.com/content/wavac-sh-833-monoblock-power-amplifier-measurements They were reviewed in Stereophile some years ago, JA was not exactly overwhelmed by their measured performance :-) Good Listening Peter |
https://www.stereophile.com/content/wavac-sh-833-monoblock-power-amplifier-measurements If I remember right these Wavac 833 were on the front cover of Stereophile side by side with a pair of Agostio’s Krell Monoblocks, and underneath it said (because of the measurements) "If one of these amps is right, the other one is wrong" This got me thinking, so I obtained a circuit of the smaller bother Wavac 805 mono blocks https://www.wavac-audio.jp/md805mk2_e.shtml still massive and built a pair (35kg each). I had them for a couple of months and sold them, as my Krell type monoblocks were better in every area, except for that tube colouration in the mids, which is beguiling for a short time, but not long lasting. Cheers George |
Buy whatever makes you happy, but this is a serious issue with the high end. Coloration passes as realistic, or neutral, and some rags deliberately promote it. Mind you, I’m a huge CJ Premier 8 fan here. :) So I DO get it. Just don’t try to convince me I need to spend that much for color and juiciness. << sigh >> I wish I had the money for the electric bills of amps like that. I totally don’t. I think it is like wine. There are those who love drinking good wine, and those who like to spend lots of money on wine, and sometimes they overlap. Best, E |
"So..you can buy these amps or a house. Â Well, the new ones, anyway...the amps, that is.... I guess I'll just have to get used to being a tasteless philistine with tin ears. There are those that live in the clouds. And there are those of us with anti-aircraft weapons. *L*" Happiness is a crew served weapon, with a killer sound system. |