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Old SS amps

What are people's experiences with old SS amps. And I'm talking old like close to 20 years. I guess this can be called vintage(though to me it's yesterday.)

 

Either you bought it new and have had it that long or you bought it used.

Is buying it used a really bad idea even though it was owned by one person with no service issues? Like an old Pass.

I hear something about capacitators needing to be replaced. Should it be avoided like the plague? Am very interested in one but don't want to be stuck with a cat in a sack.

Thanks for any thoughts.

roxy1927
ghdprentice
7,962 posts
 

They are excellent to use as a trade-in. If a classic, sometimes you can get back nearly as much as you paid for it. I had a Pass X350 which I got all but $500 back after nearly 20  years. What a great investment. 

 

I got a significant trade-in for my Threshold s/500 as well. 

roxy1927 OP
141 posts
 

So at 20 years there was still a market for it so that people were not reluctant to purchase it?

dill
2,578 posts
 

20 years is not old for high-end quality amp and replacing the capacitators is not a big deal. You can have it done at a reasonable cost, many times locally. Over the years, I have had at least a dozen amps recapped. 

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