Integrated Tube amp 5687/6BQ5

doctorcilantro
doctorcilantro Posts: 2,028
edited June 2009 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
Apparently the front end on this amp was designed by Gary Dodd of Dodd Audio. The builder is Charles Cicci and I have his phone number. I can do 675 shipped on this with a matched quad of RCA bronze plate 5687, and a matched quad of brand new Genalex (re-issue) EL84. I use an Amplitrex AT1000 to test my tubes. I simply don't have room for this thing in my new space.

Here's what I have from the previous owner, a friend of Charles (a really nice down to earth guy).

"Teflon-insulated wiring, good RCAs, instrument-grade biding posts. PRP non-inductive resistors and a variety of good caps. TKD volume control. Hefty input selector switch.

Retrofitted McIntosh chassis. The tube cage is included.

Awesome input stage, with 5687 tubes. (7044s will also work.). And those are Bugle Boy 6BQ5’s in the output stage. .

Output power is typical for an EL84/6BQ5 push-pull amp, probably a substantial 15wpc.

This amp has a regulated power supply—which is pretty unusual for a power amp stage. It’s built on the heat sink that’s visible on top of the chassis. The power transformer is somewhat oversized, so it has no trouble handling the extra current draw through the regulator.

As for the sound, first of all, it’s the quietest tube amp I’ve ever heard—probably because of the regulated power supply. It isn’t quite as lush as you might expect from an EL84… It’s airier. Vocals have more air around them, and it nevertheless has a characteristic EL84 sound. It does sound a little warmer with the Bugle Boys than with the TAD EL84’s I have. The TADs are also a nice tube. I’ll include either set, buyers choice.

Built by Charles Cocci in Brockton, MA. (He builds a small number of tube amp, preamps and integrateds, and also mods lots of audio gear. He might be better known, except that there’s a fairly small number of us who buy up most of the equipment he builds.) "

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thanks
Jon
For Sale 2019:
Tortuga Audio LDR passive preamp
Decware EL34 amp
Allnic H-1201 phono
Zu Union Cubes
iFi iDSD DAC, .5m UBS, iFI Gemini cable, Oyaide Tunami XLR 1.3M, Oyaide Tunami Speaker wire 1.5M, Beyerdynamic DT1990 headphones, PS Audio P3 power center

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited May 2009
    Is it FREE? :D.

    Price please.
    "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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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited May 2009
    I'd be willing to bet the good doctor would take $675 shipped for it.......;):)
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • doctorcilantro
    doctorcilantro Posts: 2,028
    edited May 2009
    Sorry, it's kind of buried up there.

    675 USD. I'll cover Paypal & shipping fees.

    thanks!
    Jon
    For Sale 2019:
    Tortuga Audio LDR passive preamp
    Decware EL34 amp
    Allnic H-1201 phono
    Zu Union Cubes
    iFi iDSD DAC, .5m UBS, iFI Gemini cable, Oyaide Tunami XLR 1.3M, Oyaide Tunami Speaker wire 1.5M, Beyerdynamic DT1990 headphones, PS Audio P3 power center

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited May 2009
    doctorcilantro wrote: »
    Sorry, it's kind of buried up there.

    675 USD. I'll cover Paypal & shipping fees.

    thanks!
    Jon

    Ah!!, I see with all those numbers and no "$" sign it's like trying to find Waldo :p:).

    Thanks and good luck with the sale
    "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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  • doctorcilantro
    doctorcilantro Posts: 2,028
    edited June 2009
    Bump, how about 525 shipped.

    Somebody...this thing sounds great.

    DC
    For Sale 2019:
    Tortuga Audio LDR passive preamp
    Decware EL34 amp
    Allnic H-1201 phono
    Zu Union Cubes
    iFi iDSD DAC, .5m UBS, iFI Gemini cable, Oyaide Tunami XLR 1.3M, Oyaide Tunami Speaker wire 1.5M, Beyerdynamic DT1990 headphones, PS Audio P3 power center

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