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Forgot to mention the price. $7250. a pair. Yikes!!!
Lar
Lar
currituckco
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I would love to hear some of Kara Chaffee's designs...they all look amazing.
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TheRed1
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I don't know how much the original 50-A went for but the 50-AZ "zedomatic" was only 159.50 in 1954. (see ad) Even adjusted for inflation the original seems like quite a bargain. I wonder how much of an improvement the reissue is over the original and if that could ever justify the price.
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"I wonder how much of an improvement the reissue is over the original and if that could ever justify the price."
I was wondering the same thing myself. I sort of posted the picture and link as a pun seeing that most everyone here has more modest as well as affordable amps, myself included. I can't see myself spending over seven thousand dollars for two mono blocks, unless I'd won the lottery or something. Heck you can buy brand new compact car for that price!
I do think the layout is attractive, which is something that could be emulated more affordably. It would be interesting to compare the schematics of both to see how close they are.
In spite of the price it is nice to see such gear being manufactured here. I imagine most of the components come from off shore though.
Lar
I was wondering the same thing myself. I sort of posted the picture and link as a pun seeing that most everyone here has more modest as well as affordable amps, myself included. I can't see myself spending over seven thousand dollars for two mono blocks, unless I'd won the lottery or something. Heck you can buy brand new compact car for that price!
I do think the layout is attractive, which is something that could be emulated more affordably. It would be interesting to compare the schematics of both to see how close they are.
In spite of the price it is nice to see such gear being manufactured here. I imagine most of the components come from off shore though.
Lar
More info for anyone interested.
http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/50a kt88 triode amplifier.htm
All Dehavilland stuff is hand made to order.
Jack
http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/50a kt88 triode amplifier.htm
All Dehavilland stuff is hand made to order.
Jack
I am extremely pleased with the new 50a release from Kara Engineering and Dehaviland. I am driving a pair of Jordan 6a line source speakers with TBI woofers. When the very best source material is supplied they offer stunningly real spatial and dynamic listening experiences. Thanks Kara for choosing a great initial design to improve upon.
Pricey, but they do look gorgeous. And I'm guessing they sound pretty good, too.
jwalker
Well-Known Member
I can't remember who said this first, but it applies to a lot of "high-end" audio.
"The price is the product."
audiodon
Addicted Member
For the DIY set, which most of us belong to, the price seems ridiculous.
However, if someone wants to make a living, and they can find a market, more power to 'em I say. That just puts more glorious sounding tube gear out there. How can that be a bad thing?
Warranties, insurance, business expenses, the legal stuff . . . it ain't all that easy.
However, if someone wants to make a living, and they can find a market, more power to 'em I say. That just puts more glorious sounding tube gear out there. How can that be a bad thing?
Warranties, insurance, business expenses, the legal stuff . . . it ain't all that easy.
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I'll take the big amps on the bottom of that page. The ones with the jumper wires.
Not sure if those ones are child, pet, and wife friendly.
I suppose if you had insurance though :scratch2:
Just kidding.
Cheers
Lar
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PakProtector
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Not sure if those ones are child, pet, and wife friendly.
I suppose if you had insurance though :scratch2:
Just kidding.
Cheers
Lar
Those amps are not friendly to experienced builders. The PS is delivering nearly half an amp at 1500V to the 304TL finals. They did sound fine though, wouldn't have missed it for anything...
cheers,
Douglas
Rocjr
Active Member
Lar,
AFAIK, the only offshore item in the amp is the Lundahl interstage driver transformer. All else is domestic. Each side and top of the chassis is machined aluminum stock, done in-house in Kara's machine shop. All labor intensive and hand built to order, so there's no quantity discount buys for Dehavilland.
If this amp is as good as, or exceeds the performance of the original 55A, as this amp is closer to a 55A with the 50A's cosmetics, it's probably outstanding.
Rich
Not sure if those ones are child, pet, and wife friendly.
I suppose if you had insurance though :scratch2:
Just kidding.
Cheers
Lar
I referred to those as the 'Hazmat' amps at the time as they had NOS oil caps filled with PCBs, mercury rectifiers, what looked like woven asbestos covers on some of the wiring harness and, of course, the aforementioned massive B+ that would kill an elephant. They sounded quite nice, though.
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