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George Grand
George Grand Posts: 12,258
edited July 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
The PS Audio 5.0 preamp I just picked up. It lacks the power cord.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2007
    Some say it is lacking in the power cord area.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    I hope that made your day. Doesn't look it would take much more than that.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2007
    Yea, sometimes I crack myself up. :D
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2007
    madmax wrote: »
    Some say it is lacking in the power cord area.
    madmax

    WAAAAAAAA!!!!!!:D
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited July 2007
    I got squadoosh on the pre, however, you may be able to convert it to batteries to resolve your lacking cord problem.

    BlueMd is a PS Audio man.

    Tedwick.

    PS--Let me know if the battery thing works out for you.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    So far I have '86-'87 and sold for a cool $1k. That's it.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited July 2007
    Phono section? I seem to recall several self proclaimed audio geniuses buying that pre, for the phono section alone in their uber $ rig. They made one around that time with a separate power supply too.

    Value, no idea - but I know you, and I'm sure it was bought 'right'.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    **** "A" it was. Real "right". But that wasn't the sweet part. There's a smell bad old man that hits the same places I do. I was kneeling down one day, looking at some original Advent Loudspeakers (two pair). All of a sudden this FUNK is inside my nose and I hear, "You should buy those, they're okay. I know, cause I'm a DEALER." I imagined the packing jobs this rat was capable of and thanked my stars that I wasn't one of his customers. ANYHOW, today as he was trying to park his ****-filled, shitbox vehicle in a spot that I could've backed the freakin' Queen Mary into (blindfolded) I parked and headed in. The PS leaped into my arms, and I couldn't resist asking him if it was any good. Just to rub it in.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    edited July 2007
    Well worth the smell George.:p
    You are one lucky ****.:)
    Just what you need,more gear.:D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    It's not a very big piece. It's not going to be worth much at all unless I can find a power cord. A email to PS Audio yesterday yielded an answer along the lines of "We have no idea about power cords from a PS Audio that was basically a different company run by different people."
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited July 2007
    GG, does it have an IEC socket or what?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    No Jesse, it's a cannon plug type affair with 4 pins.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited July 2007
    Like Russ mentioned, they had an external PS.

    Like this....

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    That'll be easy to find. The place I picked it up has instructions to tackle and chain down the guy who brought it in if they ever see him there again. They say he's fairly regular. I just hope it was his and not something he picked up and had as much luck with as I am.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2007
    What was the voltage and current of the power pack?

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited July 2007
    Got ya! Rots-a-ruck.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    I have no idea DizzyJoe, there is no info marked on the chassis.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited July 2007
    Actually George, I think those were active or passive preamps. You loose the phono, but I think it can still be used as a passive preamp, without the power cord. There may or may not be a switch on the rear.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    ****! Where's my little NAD power amp that I use for testing stuff. I'll be back. Thanks Russ.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited July 2007
    George Grand wrote: »
    ****! Where's my little NAD power amp that I use for testing stuff. I'll be back. Thanks Russ.

    You GO George!
    ***WAREMTAE***
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