Nelson Pass Amp Camp Amp 2018 version 1.6 built and ready - Sold

ALL212
ALL212 Posts: 1,577
edited November 2018 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
It was fun to build but I can't find a home for this.

Kit from the store is $327, not including shipping. I'm asking $350, it's built with upgraded caps and wiring. Shipping from Rockford, IL will be extra.

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Aaron
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Very cool! What's your impression? How's it sound?
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Very clean. Ran this on the big carver silvers and it did well. Not going to knock walls down but for 8 watts of class A it did very well!
    Aaron
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  • vcwatkins
    vcwatkins Posts: 1,993
    Sound - at least from my 1.5 version with upgraded power supply - is phenomenal. Gorgeous detail, plenty of deep tuneful & tactile bass, and a purity of tone (not sure how else to describe) that still wows me. Love it so much, I ordered a pair of mono kits earlier today. I've been using mine in the study with Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 and Hartley speakers that I believe are 95db.

    With upgraded caps and wiring, this is a fantastic value! Someone should jump on this. Now.
    b]Beach Audio[/b]: Rega RP6 (mods) - AT33PTG/II - Parks Budgie SUT - PSAudio NPC * Eversolo DMP-A6 * Topping D90iii * Joule-Electra LA-100 mkIII * Pass Aleph 30 * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 2.3tl (mods) * PSAudio PPP3
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    PM sent
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    Ha....you had Brock at "Nelson Pass". :)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,442
    heiney9 wrote: »
    PM sent

    Or you could of drove over and knocked on his door :D
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    heiney9 wrote: »
    PM sent

    Or you could of drove over and knocked on his door :D

    Yup, could do that while you let your tubes warm up so when you got home you could get right into the music lol...
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Brock - Pm not received - you send it to the right person?

    Aaron
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited November 2018
    He sent it to me. Encouraged me to buy it! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
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    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Lol!! Damn enabler ...
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,644
    How hot does it run
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    High end of warm. You won’t fry eggs on it and you can keep your hand on it - it’ll get uncomfortable but no smoke.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,442
    ALL212 wrote: »
    High end of warm. You won’t fry eggs on it and you can keep your hand on it - it’ll get uncomfortable but no smoke.

    so cook a steak to slightly more than rare... :D:D:D
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Guess I hadn’t though of it that way before! Is this a new audiophile heat rating ?? :D
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    tonyb wrote: »
    Ha....you had Brock at "Nelson Pass". :)

    I was going to buy one of the kits and build it myself. I really want to pull the trigger as they get stellar reviews for sound quality.

    But I have racked my brain for a couple days and I have zero use for it. I'd have to buy another pre-amp too. I suppose I could swap this in for the Aleph in the hot Summer months.

    I should just take the money and put it in my Pass XA25 account.

    But, I really want this...............lmao!

    Is this thing common ground for my SDA's?

    H9

    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    The one visiting here (which was built by Maestro Al, as y'all may recall) is a tweaked and prodded first generation ACA, so take this comment with a grain of your favorite base-neutralized acid (e.g., NaCl).

    The ACA is a fine sounding little amplifier, but a little dry in the midrange relative to an SE 2A3 amp. Still, I'd say sonically that it's more similar to than different than an SE 2A3 amplifier based on listening to both on various incarnations of high-sensitivity Altec/JBL loudspeakers (or abominations thereof) -- which, in my book, is high praise.

    Especially given that most folks (unless those folks have a large junk drawer) can roll a pair of ACAs cheaper than SE 2A3 amplifier(s). :)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    That's my other thought too, buy this and build a second and run mono's. But the cost is 1/4 a used XA25 so that being my next audio goal. I am in a conundrum.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    You sell the amp yet?
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Nope, h9 has dibs but no decisions made
    Aaron
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    In Indy would love to get my hands on it .If no one who has said they want it steps up
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    Got some horns 100 db one watt. Running tubes currently
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    What tubes/amp? Just curious
    Aaron
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    Single ended el34 from Sophia. Was a beta amp I got from them
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    Running some Cain and Cain speakers
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    Assuming if we go forward you take pay pal
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Yessir - gift for a friend if you don’t mind
    Aaron
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    That's a tough one got stung doing it that way once before. Not saying you would but a little gun shy .
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    I understand it save you sellers fee.
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  • stereoman57
    stereoman57 Posts: 34
    Let me know we will work it out.
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    If you need character witnesses there are a few characters here that I’m fairly certain would vouch for me.

    Should this come to pass we’ll work it out.
    Aaron
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