Question from eBay member in October 2006 = Hi Lim
I've had this amp for about 3 years now. Although I don't notice any
deterioration in sound,
do you sell the replacement valve sets for this amp? If so, can you
give me details? Jeff M |
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PLEASE NOTE THE SPECIAL PRICE IS ONLY FOR CUSTOMER WHO BOUGHT
OUR VALVE AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER FROM OUR EBAY AUCTION OR US. |
PLEASE LOOK AT DIFFERENT AUCTIONS (with different prices),
IF YOU DID NOT BUY YOUR AMPLIFIER FROM OUR EBAY AUCTION OR US. |
If you switch on the amplifier for 3 hours a day,
the valves should last for for about 2 year or 3 years. |
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When the valves wear out,
you will SUDDENLY (over a month or 2) notice
that there is no bass,
and human voices are VERY irritating ( very grating on the nerves !
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Our replacement valve are guaranteed for 1 year.
(USUALLY, the 1 year guarantee does NOT cover the amplifier) |
Most of our competitor valves are guaranteed for 90 days.
(Most of our competitor guarantee does NOT cover the amplifier) |
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We used to use a famous brand of Russian valves.
Unfortunately, a few years after the disintegration of the former Soviet
Union,
we were unhappy with the quality of Russian valves. |
So, we have changed to our superb Chinese valves (with lower distortion)
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and we will have to change to bias of your amplifier. |
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Our Chinese valves (with lower distortion) are VERY RELIABLE
and sound superb, because of the lower distortion. |
And please believe me when
I say that our superior Chinese valves are VERY RELIABLE.
You might have heard horror stories about some valve amplifiers,
but as you have experienced,
you switch on our amplifier for 3 years,
and our valve amplifier works, without fuss, without hum,
and produces fantastic quality of sound.
Absolutely, no problems for 3 years !
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Since we advertised GBP £160 replacement valves in our sales
literature 3 years ago,
we will honour our GBP £160 price (to our customers).
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For our eBay auction price of GBP £160
we will
1. collect your amplifier by UPS courier (FREE IF YOU BOUGHT OUR AMPLIFIER
FROM
OUR EBAY AUCTION OR US)
2. replace all the valves
3. Adjust the bias
4. Test the amplifier and valves for a few days.
5. Return your amplifier by UPS courier (FREE IF YOU BOUGHT YOUR AMPLIFIER
FROM
OUR EBAY AUCTION OR US)
6. INCREASE THE GUARANTEE OF VALVE AND AMPLIFIER BY 1 YEAR
(FREE IF YOU BOUGHT YOUR AMPLIFIER FROM OUR EBAY AUCTION
OR US)
(USUALLY, the 1 year guarantee for replacement valves does NOT cover
the amplifier)
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I hope that you can agree that GBP £160 is a very low price.
We try to look after our customers.
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| However, the Chinese valves (with lower distortion) have one slight
disadvantage. |
The old Russian valves produces about 2 to 4 tome more nice warm second
harmonic distortion,
so the old Russian valves sound warmer (because of the ?nice?warm?
second harmonic distortion.) |
Human voices with the Chines valves sound much clearer,
but SLIGHTLY 'colder'. |
For en extra GBP £50, we will upgrade our amplifier
by changing 2 ultrasonic filter,
so that
Human voices sound much clear on the Chinese valves
(because of the lower distortion)
WITHOUT sounding SLIGHTLY 'colder' |
The extra GBP £50 is well worth it,
and the difference is 100 times more than changing cables. |
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There are 2 eBay auction items.
One for GBP £160
and the other for GBP £210
PLEASE BID ON THE CORRECT ITEM |
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