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Outkast
Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 96
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 10:28 pm: | 
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This is kind of a 4 part question about this amp, I have a guy that is willing to sell me his KLV-1000 for $300.00, but it needs four tubes. One was just replaced but still needs the 4 "output tubes"
Is this a good buy for $300.00? I may be able to talk him down a bit lower.
How much will the 4 EL-519 tubes cost me, and where can I get them?
How hard is it to install the tubes as I have never dealt with them at all?
What would cause all the tubes to go bad? Is it likely to happen again?
Outkast
CEF 650 |
Cornbrown
Member
Username: Cornbrown
Post Number: 73
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 1:49 am: |
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Are you sure the problem is just the tubes. What caused the tubes to blow??? .... I would be very careful.... Copper sells the tubes here http://www.copperelectronics.com/cgi-bin/checkitout/checkitout.cgi?catalogSTORE:CKIE:prodW90-00400+. |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 2254
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 6:59 am: |
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Man those tubes are puny!Comparing the cost of new to his and new tubes,I'd say forget it,he probably fried the internals and it will probably cost more than new to repair it or he just wants a davemade so bad hes salivating.Bigbob |
Outkast
Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 97
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 2:49 pm: |
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I do know this guy fairly well and talked to him about it today, he is willing to let me buy the tubes and use the amp, with out buying the amp from him until I can verify that the tubes do not go out again. He also told me that if the tubes go out again he would pay me back the cost of the tubes. Copper sells this amp for $659.99, I could have it for a total of about $400.00 if it works. Also with him letting me take the amp I can go have it checked out by a tech and make sure nothing else is wrong with it before I stick the tubes in.
Outkast
CEF 650 |
Starface
Intermediate Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 308
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 7:58 pm: |
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if you put the tubes in yourself be very very careful, if the Amp isn't discharge and you touch the wrong thing you get a bite of your life if not your life...
So becareful!
Better yet let the tech put them in for you!
Till next time
Starface CEF#476
Southeast Net Control
Auburndale,FL |
Outkast
Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 98
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 10:17 pm: |
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Hey thanks for the tip starface, glad someone told me that or I could have been seeing stars. LOL
Outkast
CEF 650 |
