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FS: Lots 'o Mods Crack + SB + Nice Tube Selection

Discussion in 'Closed (Archived) Sales' started by Hands, Aug 15, 2016.

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  1. Hands

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    Crack + SB + Mods + Nice selection of tubes still available. Someone buy it!

    Transient and PM-2 sold.
     
    Hands, Sep 7, 2016
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    Buy my Crack!
     
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    I am interested in those tubes you have. If someone wants to buy the amp, you can significantly reduce the cost by selling off those extra tubes to me :).
     
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    First off, I think I would need to see and evaluate Hands' crack and determine if it's a nice crack. I might even have to have my wife evaluate it.

    Actually, I had an opportunity to listen to it, and now I think I should have.

    @Jun how much would you pay for most of the tubes? Maybe we can work something out.
     
    AllanMarcus, Sep 10, 2016
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    If anyone is interested in the Crack collection, I'll get off my ass and work on current pics and a full list of tubes. I only mentioned the notable ones.
     
    Hands, Sep 10, 2016
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    My cat learned not to sit on the ZDS quickly
     
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    Good luck hand, if it was 230v and u frm the EU i would buy yours and sell mine since im not eager to mod it.
     
    Walderstorn, Sep 12, 2016
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    Are the image links broken.?
     
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    Pics work for me. That was from the listing I bought it from to give you a general idea of the color.

    If anyone is interested, I will provide a full set of pics and full details on all the tubes included. Don't forget comes with a 5998 rebrand, Goldpoint stepped attenuator (costs somewhere around $130 new I think), other various mods, etc. Fully loaded Crack with plenty of tubes to keep you busy!
     
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    Im in Denver and I borrowed the crack to audition. It sounds lovely. I'm still not sure if I can hear a difference between it and my crack, but I'm gonna try. I took some pics to help hands sell the thing, in case I don't buy it. I'm bored in my hotel room :)

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    AllanMarcus, Oct 6, 2016
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    I finally took pics too, not yet uploaded, before letting @AllanMarcus pick it up for audition and possible purchase, as well as took notes on exactly what mods are included (that I'm familiar with, having purchased pre-modded) and a full list of tubes (also in pics above). I think anyone that wants to buy this is getting a lot of stuff for the asking price.
     
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    I did not build the amp, but Hands sent me this amp awhile back when it developed serious ground noise issues. One of the PS rail caps had a loose solder joint, and i wasn't happy with the signal wire routing so I replaced critical signal wire runs and shortened/cleaned-up other runs to the best of my ability. I went through the entire amp, removing and inspecting the SB boards, reworking solder joints. It's dead silent and sounded great.

    The Goldpoint is $165 + shipping. I added the Jantzen caps along with the PS choke. I used some Neotech wanky wire that is a dream to work with and solder.

    I really liked the aged patina on the amp. It looks retro and authentic. I would be proud to have it sitting on my hi-fi rack.
     
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    Thanks for chiming in, @fishski13. You did great work repairing and cleaning up the amp for me, so any potential buyers should know the amp is in tip-top shape functionally.
     
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    Crack and tubes still available!
     
    Hands, Oct 12, 2016
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    Bah, I'm assuming that lovely thing would only work on 110v? (Guessing it'd need a transformer swap..)
     
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    Dang - I need to send my Bottlehead to @fishski13 to pimp out too!! Great looking Crack!
     
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