[Amps] titan amp

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:46:18 -0400, Ron Spencer wrote:

>I have a chance to buy a older titan amp thats been retubed in the
>last two years 

It depends a lot on the quality and pedigree of the tubes, and how 
they have been treated. I bought one about 18 months ago that had 
original tubes that had been treated well, but they were more than 
15 years old and showed it. Shopping very carefully will find decent 
replacements in the $700-$900 range, depending on the source. 

I would try to fire it up, check output power, and carefully watch 
the grid current over a few minutes. If it creeps up, the tubes are 
soft. FWIW, I like mine, and am buying a second from a good friend. 
He's asking $1,700 with rather new tubes, and I'm not dickering. 
Mostly because he's a good friend and a good engineer, and I trust 
him.

Jim K9YC