Be warn of fakes.
Only equipment bought from ebay member affordablevalvecompany has been
MODIFIED IN ENGLAND BY AFFORDABLE VALVE COMPANY.
If you want to buy expensive equipment from sellers with 0 feedback, that is your choice.
If you buy a fake, please do NOT complain to us.
We have warned you.
This amplifier looks like our GBP £1400 amplifier,
but it has smaller EL34 valves.
Instead of 4 small American 5670 valves,
there are 2 small American 5670 valves + 2 small Chinese 6N3 valves.
GBP 1,100 price includes GBP £50 of spare valves.
Special offer - Free shipping to Denmark for this amplifier.
If you return this amplifier.
you have to pay GBP £100
for return shipping, restocking fee, admin fee, etc,
If you break the "anti tamper" label
and remove the bottom of the amplifier
or the safety cage,
we will NOT refund your money.
This is a review of our GBP £750 "EL34 Triode Connection - Lim
Signature" with our big "standard transformers".
| 21 March 2005. |
| Dear Lim, |
| Thank you for the delivery of the EL34 Triode connection Lim
Signature amplifier. |
Now that I have had the amplifier up and running in my system
for a couple of weeks, I can say without
doubt that the sound is substantially better than the ........
name hidden , famous "high end" valve / tube amplifier ........
MV75 A that I have had for many
years. Although the Lim Signature is 20 watt output as compared
with the 75 watt output of the
........ name hidden , famous "high end" brand ........ , I have
never needed any more power. The volume control on the EL34 is never set
above 11 o'clock |
Although I do most of my listening on vinyl, for purposes of
comparison between the amplifiers, I
connected a Sony 555ESD CD player directly to the ........ name
hidden , famous "high end" brand ........ and regulated volume from the
CD
player. |
The difference between the two amplifiers is quite startling
- the Lim signature is definitely smoother,
almost a silky sound, but with far greater detail, definition
and instrument separation particularly on
female vocals, cymbals, alto saxophone. |
Before the conrad-johnson I had ........ name hidden , famous "high
end" brand ........ pre and power amplifiers. Although I no longer have
them, I believe there is a greater improvement going from the ........
name hidden , famous "high end" brand ........
to the Lim Signature than
there was going from the ........ name hidden , famous "high end" brand
........
combination to the ........ name hidden , famous "high end" brand
........ |
I am also very impressed with the general fit and finish of the
Lim signature. It really looks as well as
sounds a top quality product. And at the price it has to be unbeatable
in the value for money stakes. |
| So thanks once again for top quality service and for a top quality
product, and I shan't be sending it back! |
| Kind regards, |
| Mr J R of Faringdon |
|
| Shipping for international orders are 100% safe, because |
1. We have already charge UK VAT,
so customers in many European countries like France,
Germany, etc
do NOT have to pay any more tax. |
2. We have already shipped amplifiers to Holland, France, America,
Singapore,
Australia and even Macao / China, so we know what
we are doing ! |
3. All of our amplifier are "double boxed".
Amplifiers are packed in 2 shaped foam,
put in a strong "export quality" cardboard box,
and then put into a 2nd strong "export quality" cardboard
box. |
For our amplifier that cost GBP £600 and above,
there are extra packing of big sheets of foam between
the 1st box and the 2nd box. |
4. We use reliable famous couriers with "tracking numbers",
so we can tell you what is happening to your amplifier
(in 90% of the cases) |
5. We pay extra to insure all shipments.
If there is a major shipping problem,
we will either send you another amplifier (or a
more expensive amplifier)
or refund your money (within 1 month) |
6. If you do NOT break the "anti tamper label",
our courier will collect your amplifier FREE OF CHARGE,
we will repair your amplifier FREE OF CHARGE
and our courier will return your amplifier FREE OF CHARGE. |
But please be patient, and allow 1 or 2 months for FREE
REPAIRS
or an "almost new" replacement amplifier, if we cannot
repair your amplifier. |
|
We have a backlog of order ,
please allow us 3 weeks to modify and "burn in" the amplifier. |
| Please allow another 1 week for courier to deliver to Denmark. |
| It will be 4 weeks before you get your amplifier. |
If you are paying by credit card
or PayPal,
please do NOT pay us until your
amplifier has been modified and "burnt in" |
|
Cheques and Bank Draft
|
I have received 2 counterfeit "overseas" cheques.
We do NOT sell to Nigeria nor Indonesia.
We will bank the "overseas" cheque and wait for
1 month to make sure it does not "bounce" ,
before despatching for goods. Sorry. |
We will bank the UK cheque and wait for 2 weeks
to makes sure it does not "bounce" ,
before despatching the goods. Sorry. |
|
There are "anti tamper labels" on the bottom of the chassis and the
safety cage.
If you break the "anti tamper label",
we cannot refund your money. |
During the 1 month home trial, one customer took off the bottom of
the amplifier,
changed the capacitors, and telephone me to tell me how to improve
our amplifier. |
During the 1 month home trail, a few customers have taken off the safety
cages,
changed the valves, and telephone me to tell me how to improve our
amplifier ! |
| If you break the "anti tamper label",
we cannot refund your money. |
|
|
Changing valves and fixed /
adjustable bias.
|
Our amplifiers and most "high end"
valve / tube amplifiers (that is 20 watts or more)
uses fixed / adjustable bias to
get
1. TWICE THE POWER
2. BETTER BASS SLAM
(to avoid rolling off the bass at 50 Hertz)
3. DEEPER BASS
(to avoid rolling off the bass at 50 Hertz)
4. better controlled and
better dampened bass
(applying local feedback at 50 Hertz to cathode is a bad idea, and increases
the output resistance and noise.
( do NOT apply local feedback to cathode resistor, unless you have to !)
5. faster recovery from overload,
and avoid biases changing to "Class B"
( we do NOT have a cathode capacitor that will charge up, and pushed the
amplifier into "Class B" ) |
|
If you switch on the amplifier for 3 hours a day, you will probably
need to change the valves in 2 or 3 years.
Probably the easiest way of doing this is for you to buy a set of spare
valves (only GBP £50 for EL34 valves), which will be selected to
be very similar to the original set of valves. If you buy spare valves
with the amplifier, all you need to do is to unplug the amplifier from
the 240 volts mains power supply, leave it overnight, unplug the old valves,
and plug in the new valves ! |
If all of this sounds too complicated,
please buy a spare set of valves when you buy the amplifier !
If you want to try other brand of valves AFTER THE 1 YEAR OR 2 YEARS
GUARANTEE PERIOD, you should ask an
electrician to change the "bias" by turning the "small blue"
variable resistor with "insulated screwdriver" or GBP £1 "insulate
trimming stick" (which is a piece of plastic stick with a tiny metal tip).
Please ask an electrician to
adjust the "small blue" variable resistor , whilst measuring the voltage
(which should be 0.35 volt for our more expensive amplifiers. Only
0.25 volt for our VR-70E amplifiers. Do NOT try to adjust for higher voltage.
0.35 volt and 0.25 volt are the optimum for reliability for "push pull"
valve / tube amplifiers. ) across the resistor attached to the BIG valve
socket.
If all of this sounds too complicated,
please buy a spare set of valves when you buy the amplifier !
Do NOT do this yourself for our
more expensive EL34 and KT88 amplifier , because you have to do this with
the amplifier switch on, and the bottom cover left off !
The electrician do NOT have to
take the bottom off the amplifier, to adjust the bias for our VR-70E and
300B "Push Pull".
If all of this sounds too complicated,
please buy a spare set of valves when you buy the amplifier ! |
|
Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
|
Back to Search Results
) 
Affordable Valve Company
Print
Report item