Stanalog - Still in business ?

He's gone alot. I have communicated with him a couple times since I got an A21. Initially I had a problem with the mains fuse blowing. Actually Sugden UK sent me 250 volt 2.5 amp fuses and this did the trick. But Stanalog does not have the latest version of the A21A on his site, which has been out for some time now (it is on the Sugden site though). He's still selling the older version, which is what I bought from him a couple years ago. That said, I'd still opt for the older version. I suppose you have to give into market pressure sooner or later but Personally more money for less power on an already low power amp (20 watts versus 25 watts for the older one), along with mainly cosmetic and ergonomic changes will not create mass appeal- it has a more "modern" look and a remote, sans balance control and mono switch. I like having the mono switch. Sugden claims the shorter signal path is beneficial, I simply run my main source via the tape monitor switch, thereby bypassing the selector switch. The rest of the amp circuitry is basically the same, and has the same alps blue volume pot. Regarding Stanalog I think a distrbuter should be more available to customers, particularly when dealers are very limited and you in effect are a dealer as well. Hope your stuff shows up.

I'd like to correct my comment about the A21 fuses, 2.5 amp were the ones initially installed that had blown a few times on my AC line, Sugden UK sent me some others that worked fine (not one has blown) and they said to only use those ones. At any rate if you do get an A21 used or new and have any issues with the main fuse, Sugden UK will take care of it.