Naked pics of my Nikko Alpha VI amp...

pearsall001
pearsall001 Posts: 5,299
edited September 2008 in Electronics
I posted awhile ago after I snaged this bad boy off my local Craigslist. You guys were hollering for pics, well I finally figured that out. So here you go.

She's a beauty alright...dual mono, 300w/8ohm & oh baby does she ever sing!!! :D

There's more pics in the "test forum". The site wouldn't let me repost the same pics here in the electronis forum. Is there any way around that?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2008
    Clean design. I'm glad you're happy with it.

    So how about a naked pic from below? :D
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,807
    edited September 2008
    There's more pics in the "test forum". The site wouldn't let me repost the same pics here in the electronis forum. Is there any way around that?

    Easy, rename the pics and you can upload them again.

    Nice looking amp.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,299
    edited September 2008
    A few more pics of the Alpha VI amp. Plenty of power & finess...dual mono, 300w/8ohm. Sounds incredible.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,587
    edited September 2008
    That's not really naked. All the really good stuff is hidden. Its like that Nikko is wearing a bikini! I guess they have the real guts hidden below all those pretty facades.

    Despite that, it does look like an impressively built piece. Nikko was under appreciated here in the US. They definitely had some top notch gear that would compete with anything out there during that era.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited September 2008
    Phil that's a beauty! You should take it apart and put it back together again and see if it improves the sound.:D
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,447
    edited September 2008
    Gotta admit it's a lovely looking piece. You've certainly had it long enough to compare it against your other amps. Glad you like the sound and it moves you, that's what it's all about.

    Enjoy

    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 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,299
    edited September 2008
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Phil that's a beauty! You should take it apart and put it back together again and see if it improves the sound.:D

    Not on your life!!!! :D With my luck I'd take it apart & put it back together with a dozen or so parts left over. Not good!!!

    Wait till you hear it on Sunday.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited September 2008
    Good deal pal.
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  • doctorcilantro
    doctorcilantro Posts: 2,028
    edited September 2008
    That thing is sick!

    DC
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,299
    edited September 2008
    doctorcilantro wrote: »
    That thing is sick!

    DC

    That ain't the half of it my friend. You should hear her sing!!! Glorious! :D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2008
    Boss amp.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,686
    edited September 2008
    What ever happened to Nikko?
    I had some Nikko stuff in the mid-80's that was
    pretty decent. When it went belly up, I got a HT amp.
    That was when I knew that HT crap wasn't going to cut
    it for 2 channel.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,299
    edited September 2008
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Gotta admit it's a lovely looking piece. You've certainly had it long enough to compare it against your other amps. Glad you like the sound and it moves you, that's what it's all about.

    Enjoy

    H9

    It took a lot of listening but in the end I prefered the Nikko Alpha VI over the Krell KAV 250a. Don't get me wrong, the Krell is one hell of a fine amp, but to my ears the Nikko was just as ballsy yet at the same time, more refined & musical. As far as looks go, the Nikko is simply gorgeous where the Krell is very blah. Not that that effects the sound any though.

    I think system synergy played a large part here. And oh, those gorgeous meters are the cat's meow!!
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,299
    edited September 2008
    billbillw wrote: »
    That's not really naked. All the really good stuff is hidden. Its like that Nikko is wearing a bikini! I guess they have the real guts hidden below all those pretty facades.

    Despite that, it does look like an impressively built piece. Nikko was under appreciated here in the US. They definitely had some top notch gear that would compete with anything out there during that era.

    That's about as naked as it gets without performing major surgery. And, yep a lot of the good stuff is hidden.
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