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Agaton Sax

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Beyond cool
« on: April 11, 2011, 03:53:57 pm »
These 2 Philips mono preamps has to be the coolest thing of the week. Notice the equaliser?Build quality seems fantastic too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-PHILIPS-tube-preamps-Cult-TOP-/320683616858?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4aaa3baa


By my calculations the new price of 870DM each in 1960 would be $1500 in today's money.
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2011, 05:37:29 pm »
Quote from: jdza on April 11, 2011, 03:53:57 pm
These 2 Philips mono preamps has to be the coolest thing of the week. Notice the equaliser?Build quality seems fantastic too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-PHILIPS-tube-preamps-Cult-TOP-/320683616858?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4aaa3baa


By my calculations the new price of 870DM each in 1960 would be $1500 in today's money.

Coolest trinkets of the year, I would say, JDZA.

My miserable Leak Stereo Point One with art deco brown and gold faceplate and ivory/gold inlay knobs doesn't belong in this company. Their condition looks superb too. I think the seller will get a very nice boost to his pension by all accounts.

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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 03:20:13 pm »
Cool of the day







Valve pre amp.......by Dynavector.Will we see a valve pre amp by Blue Angel soon
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 05:07:26 pm »
Quote from: jdza on April 20, 2011, 03:20:13 pm
Cool of the day







Valve pre amp.......by Dynavector.Will we see a valve pre amp by Blue Angel soon

Nice!

Ol' ba have great fears of treading in this kind of territory unless given a brain transplant and a change in nationality. And a fast rewind to the golden age of audio  ;D

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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 09:47:47 pm »
May I raise you this one





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The Dynavector DV-3000 Gold. (1979)(Total production of around 125 pieces)
Finished in the baby blue hammer tone finish.
The same finish as the original Dynavector DV-505 tonearm

A true dual mono pre-amp.

Which boasts three phono inputs & front panel loading.

Factory equipped with matched octet of Telefunken ECC802S tubes & a matched pair of Telefunken ECC803S tubes.
A far cry from the Chinese catpiss they install in pre-amps today.

In addition all power components were silver wound TAM radio product.

Makes for a wonderful companion piece with the insanely rare Dynavector DV-8100 mono blocks.
Which incidentally there were only ten ever built for the 1979 CES show.
I own 0004 & 0006.

They are a parallel dual mono set up.

They also are outfitted with silver wound TAM radio chokes , input and output transformers.
Which as the story goes were personally wound by the owner of Tamura Radio as a personal favour to the owner of Dynavector .
So they were not entrusted to an employee but wound by the hands of the master.

Each Mono Block was outfitted at the factory with a matched quad of GEC Kt-88 Gold Lions , a pair of Telefunken ECC803S & a pair of RCA long black plate 12BH7

All of which are part of my collection

From here: http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12200&start=15

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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 10:47:13 pm »
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 06:06:38 am »
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May I raise you this one


Aag ,orrait you win.
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2011, 06:22:42 am »
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you win

Actually no,I'll raise you this one-Hah beat that!








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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2011, 06:57:31 am »
jdza, that is seriously cool.
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2011, 08:58:17 am »
... ?



Okay - I must admit... the SME pre amp is hard to beat.
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2011, 05:30:25 pm »
This is my last card and has to qualify as  foul play

26 000 Euros worth of EMT JPA 66 phono amplifier




Picture from a Hong Kong based forum,but I forget the name.
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2011, 05:56:42 pm »
Quote from: jdza on April 21, 2011, 05:30:25 pm
This is my last card and has to qualify as  foul play

26 000 Euros worth of EMT JPA 66 phono amplifier

Picture from a Hong Kong based forum,but I forget the name.

MMmmm
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2011, 09:24:41 pm »
^^^ I don't get the hammertone finish on these units...
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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2011, 09:54:54 pm »
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I don't get the hammertone finish on these units

It is a homage to the legendary EMT idler drives of the 1950s to the 1970s.Much like the doors on the Mercedes SLS to the Gullwing.
This is the huge and ancient EMT 927 ,as famous for its 40cm platter as for the "Banana" tonearm. 5 Years ago these monsters went for about 10 000Euro. Prices now have shot up to the 60-70 000 Euro level as the Germans are finally rediscovering the prophet in its own country.




This pic from 1Pekingroad.com

My concept of cool has just been shattered by this teaser from our very own Valve Audio.Solid wood yokes for capacitors drool-And this is only the power supply--for a pre amp!!


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Re: Beyond cool
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2011, 11:27:30 pm »
Quote from: Rudi on April 21, 2011, 06:57:31 am
jdza, that is seriously cool.

Ag nee! Yellow capacitor in 2nd from left unit is skew - not lying north-south ......

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Solid wood yokes for capacitors drool-And this is only the power supply--for a pre amp!!

Ag no man those are cable ties ... oh, you mean under the caps ...
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What about those transformers all the way from Lundahl!

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