[Amps] Ameritron amp purchase decision questions

[Scott Manthe]

Of those choices, I'd go with the AL-80B or AL-572. I've had both and 
both were decent amps, although I had some trouble with the 572. If you 
go that route, I'd wire the transformed to get about 2.5 kV HV, rather 
than the  normal 2.8-3 kV, because the Chinese 572Bs don't like  3 kV.

Nobody pays $3500 for a AL-1500 or  AL-1200. Whatever someone pays, 
they're not paying for the extra 200 watts, they're paying for the extra 
500 or 1000 watts, whether for headroom or actual output power.

R Atkins wrote:
> Without getting into the "why would anybody pay $3500 for the AL-1200/1500 for 200 watts more?" questions, let me ask...
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> Why would anybody pay $500 more for the AL-800 than the AL-572 when it has slightly lower power output and the tubes cost 9 times as much?
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> .. and why would anybody pay only $100 less for 1000 rather than a 13000 watt amp when the tubes cost 4 times as much?
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> I'm sure I'm overlooking something here, but not sure what.
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> Thanks!
> Rusty
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