What to do with a lot of single valve monoblocks
As a ?collector? of valve amplifiers, I will keep single monoblock valve amplifiers with the hope to one day find another one to make up a pair.
So during the years the collection became bigger and bigger and only collects dust in the garages.
I am not referring to the more well-known ones like Quad, Radford , Leak because one may in time find another one.
I am referring to ones like RCA, Theta, Sterne and others.
For example: I have a single Theta Power Amplifier model SCN OPT Made in USA. It uses 6550 (KT 88) output valves in a near mint working condition. A link to these amplifiers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FMMk6QQ63s
These amplifiers are rare and I only know of one pair in South Africa that belongs to a forum member.
Most of these single monoblocks are KT88, KT66 and 6L6 ones. There are also ones with other output valves.
Why keep it:
To maybe find another single one.
Use its output transformer if one the current ones needs one (maybe the best reason).
Lately it seems that more and more people use a mono amplifier to drive an AV centre speaker.
Sell it to somebody the needs one to make up a pair.
Or just sell the lot.
I would like to have some suggestion regarding this ?problem.?
Maybe somebody has the same ?problem?
As a ?collector? of valve amplifiers, I will keep single monoblock valve amplifiers with the hope to one day find another one to make up a pair.
So during the years the collection became bigger and bigger and only collects dust in the garages.
I am not referring to the more well-known ones like Quad, Radford , Leak because one may in time find another one.
I am referring to ones like RCA, Theta, Sterne and others.
For example: I have a single Theta Power Amplifier model SCN OPT Made in USA. It uses 6550 (KT 88) output valves in a near mint working condition. A link to these amplifiers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FMMk6QQ63s
These amplifiers are rare and I only know of one pair in South Africa that belongs to a forum member.
Most of these single monoblocks are KT88, KT66 and 6L6 ones. There are also ones with other output valves.
Why keep it:
To maybe find another single one.
Use its output transformer if one the current ones needs one (maybe the best reason).
Lately it seems that more and more people use a mono amplifier to drive an AV centre speaker.
Sell it to somebody the needs one to make up a pair.
Or just sell the lot.
I would like to have some suggestion regarding this ?problem.?
Maybe somebody has the same ?problem?