Tube gear for sale

madmax

McAlister Audio tube amplifier, power supply and preamplifier for sale. I put around $1800 in it including shipping. Prices are much higher now on the McAlister website. Asking price is $500 for everything, shipped in 48 US, as is with problem. Add an extra $50 for shipment to Canada.

www.mcalisteraudio.com

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This setup has a problem. I purchased over a year ago, received and noticed although the sound was good, it was not powerful like everyone elses units I heard of. I sent it back to McAlister. He found a bad connection, fixed it, checked out and sent it back. He said I was getting almost no power without the connection and it was now fixed. When I received it back it had broken speaker posts due to shipping. This was a simple fix so McAlister just sent me the replacement posts. I've been too busy to mess with it until yesterday when I put the new speaker posts in. I powered up the amp, heard a crack from inside the amp and powered down.

The fix is probably simple and cheap. Worst case it would have to be sent back to McAlister. He is cheap, but slow... He is great to work with though. My guess is something inside is touching something else because you hear the crack when the high voltage section comes up. It is all point to point wiring. I've never actually tried the preamp (was waiting to use with the amp).

The thing is, I'm just not into it anymore. I ended up with some pretty nice Manley gear and wouldn't swap it out even if this gear worked perfectly. I just don't have the time to dick with it any more.

This equipment is built like industrial test equipment but supposedly sounds pretty special.

madmax

sda2mike

WOW! looks cool, Chuck!;) HMMM factor in the time of year and the gotta-have-ness....I predict you'll have a buyer by Tuesday:p good luck

madmax

I hope so. Someone will get a kick out of this stuff I hope. Just didn't work out for me. I did check out some old documents and I found the prices were lower back when I bought mine than what is on the website now. I updated the amount paid in the ad.
madmax

sda2mike

thinking of that 'trout fishing in america' song....howz it go? "if i had $500 dollars, i'd buy that tube.....wait! that's not it:o sorry!

beardog03

Great Deal on what is supposed to be a great tubey..


somebody needs to jump on this...it is not everyday that this kind of deal will come around..

Face

The PS is for both units?

fredv

Hi Chuck,

If no one has claimed, I will deal. Let me know how you want to get paid.

Thanks,

beardog03

Go Fred...!!

I want to come by and hear it when you get her running !!!

fredv

Hey Robert,

Absolutely, even I can't fix it, I will still have other tubes to warm you up.
Tubes really sound and feel warm these days :-)

beardog03

I know... have many a-glowin these days

New V12R, and the other Cary`s keeping the house nice and toasty !!

I have no doubt that you will have it squared away in no time...

fredv

Just read through your Christmas came early thread :-) Those V12R are simply gorgeous. If I don't get zapped by the McAlister's, I will love to hear the V12's sing!! Be warned, tube rolling is not going to be cheap :-)

beardog03

I have two sets so far...

I will put the lesser of the two in first !!

zingo

Ah man, just bought a tube pre and is waiting for it to be delivered! I still may bite if no one else does madmax.

halo

Congrats Fred!

When you get it fixed it's going to knock your sox off! Having owned one I can attest to the superb sound quality.

If it has to go back to McAllister, heed Max's advice, the man is slooooooooooooow. Pleasure to talk to / with & very knowledgable.

fredv

Hi Victor,

I had followed the McAlister talks from you, Norm, and Rich. If I manage to get to the head of the queue, then I will have a chance to own and listen to it :-) Hee hee, I plan to trouble shoot the problem myself first because it is wire to wire. It is going to be a fun and rewarding project.

Ricardo

If for some reason Fred is dumb and passes , I'll take them.

halo

fredv wrote: »

Hi Victor,

I had followed the McAlister talks from you, Norm, and Rich. If I manage to get to the head of the queue, then I will have a chance to own and listen to it :-) Hee hee, I plan to trouble shoot the problem myself first because it is wire to wire. It is going to be a fun and rewarding project.

Make sure you have a good long distance plan just in case you need to talk with Peter. He'll talk your ear off!

madmax

Sold to fredv! Sent you a PM.

madmax

fredv

Hee hee, I am not so dumb, Ricardo
Victor, I'll call Peter while I am at work
Chuck, replied PM.

Woohoo, I found my Christmas gift

madmax

fredv wrote: »

Woohoo, I found my Christmas gift

Well Merry Christmas then! I'll get packaged up tonite and will ship in the morning. You will certainly have it before Christmas. Who knows, you may even have it fixed by then.
Enjoy!
madmax

beardog03

CONGRATS FRED !!!

I think you are the perfect man for the job !

Maybe I can get by to have a listen when you get her up and running....

fredv

beardog03 wrote: »

Maybe I can get by to have a listen when you get her up and running....

I will post once I give the amp a clean bill of health. Then you can come over to have an audition. Hopeful, I will have a little more projects done by then as well :cool:

beardog03

you always have cool projects going !

SCompRacer

fredv wrote: »

If I don't get zapped by the McAlister's.....

Hi Fred! Congrats on your acquisition. I had the previous design PP150. The bias pots were internal; one had to remove the bottom cover to access. I was watching the volt meter while adjusting and my pinky finger strayed where it shouldn't have. Talk about a wake up call... That amp had some bass authority. It kicked a Rotel RB1090 off my rack.

IIRC the later amps used a 6AX4 damper diode as he was having trouble getting the thermal delay tubes. Peter claimed input tube life was 20K-30K hours, and the output tubes 5K-7K hours. He had told me he was running the output tubes around 80%. Tube rolling won’t have much effect with his amp. His point to point wiring improved with the second design amp you are getting, but should have been better. IIRC Victor’s or Norm’s amp had something touching from rough handling during shipping.

Have fun! Tell Peter I said hello.

fredv

Hi Rich,

Long time no chat!! Using a 6AX4 diode damper is indeed a very clever way to obtain the best of SS rectification and slow warm up. Since you mentioned that not so pleasant biasing experience, I wonder you still remember the bias point :-)

halo

beardog03 wrote: »

CONGRATS FRED !!!

I think you are the perfect man for the job !

Maybe I can get by to have a listen when you get her up and running....

That might make you want to rethink your new aquisition :eek:;):D

beardog03

one never knows ...!!!

madmax

3 big boxes shipped. 81 pounds total. Oh my aching back...
madmax

fredv

After a few fiddlings, the preamp is up and running. Minor work done included:
1. One power transformer was happily swinging. Found the missing screw in the foam and screwed that back in.
2. While I had the chassis open to tighten the screw, I did a casual inspection and found the safety ground was detached from the ground pin of IEC connector. Solder it back.
3. Followed the amp section wiring and found the 2 channel's cathode resistors were different. Judging from the way the resistance values were derived (by paralleling resistors), I added a resistor to match the bias for both channels.

Not so much of any words on impression as it has been driving a T-amp with 2 bench speakers. I will do that in a separate thread once it is hooked up the main gears.

halo

Very :cool: Fred! Looking forward to hearing your impressions on it.

Guess the amp is up next?

fredv

halo wrote: »

Very :cool: Fred! Looking forward to hearing your impressions on it.

Guess the amp is up next?

Hee hee, working on it
The amp had the same problem as the little brother, the 6AX4's heater transformer, the delay transformer, and a tag board were free "swinging". The nuts were nowhere to be found, and the screws were trapped inside the output transformer pot. It took a longer than I want to get all squared out. So far, no high voltage zap, only a few metal cuts. I am taking the time, so progress is kind of slow but sure