[Amps] unbuilt SB-220 on Ebay.... WHY?

[chas]

Van K7VS wrote:
> I have one here in Medford, Oregon, unpacked and complete with original xfmr 
> as well.  Will sell it for $1600.00 plus shipping this week only!   Van, 
> K7VS 
> 
> 


WHY?!?

would anyone want to buy a brand new SB220 without mods for more than $700?

to make it work well, you need to replace the txfmr with a Peter Dahl or 
equivalent then put in all the mods which Measures and Harbach have come up 
with... all of that can add another $800???  to the amp before you have 
something that works as well as what I have which really needs only one 
thing... a new face plate.  It out performs the stock unit by a great amount 
or so I am told.
After getting a new, unbuilt kit, the tubes will have to be vacuumed down by 
slowly heating them and driving off the air that has seeped into them. Odds 
are the caps, etc are bad and will need replacement. yada, yada...

WHY would anyone want to buy anything other than what I have which I 
purchased for the equivalent of less than $1,000?  depending on how you value 
the trades, etc I made.  iow, a rebuilt 811H  plus $200 or $300.

These used and modified SB220s can be found almost anywhere people are 
trading them in for a solid state or other amp which is felt to be an upgrade 
to their station.

fwiw
chas

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