Hello,
I have for sale a Fisher 500-C tube receiver that I bought from a board member a few months ago. I've been very happy with the unit. The reason I'm selling is I just bought a Fisher 400-X Bizzy Bee unit off Audiogon for big bucks and can't afford to own two Fishers.
I'm asking $555 or best offer. I paid $450 for the receiver and bought cabinet off e-bay for $140. so i have $590 invested.
The 500-C I'm offering for sale is in excellent condition with very excellent original Fisher and original finish wood case/cabinet with gold colored metal screen. I can email lots (16) of very good pictures. I'm don't know how to post pictures on the forum.
The details are:
This unit has a Fisher Doc Resto-Pak installed,the coupling caps are Angela tin foils/have receipt. Fm has been aligned and tube replacement in the multiplexer. Confirmed from owner ( Ken) prior to owner on board I bought the unit from,Tom ,Cosmetics are very good to excellent. No missing lettering,no dings are heavy scratches,appearance on the face plate and dial glass is very good. All dial lamps operate. All brass knob caps are preesent and shine.
No scratchy switches or pots. All functuions work well.
The off/on switch has been by-passed with a marine type rubber covered toggle switch at the back on the chasis. The volume control is a little flakey. If you wiggle the shaft on the volume control the volume will change a tad. But it isn't a real issue. A new volume control can be purchased from Bizzy Bee for $75. But I didn't feel it necessary to replace it. I've been told by Paul at Bizzy Bee the volume control off/on switches usually goes out on the receivers.
Original Fisher output tubes,small tubes are mainly telefunkens both smooth and ribbed plates.
I will have it doule boxed for shipping at the UPS store and ship wood cabinet separately.
I have 16 pictures I can email,I'm trying to set up a pixhost site.
I offer 7 day return privelage,if your not happy,pay for shipping and if it arrives in the same condition as I sent it I'll refund money.
I would really really like to keep this unit but I paid big bucks for the Fisher 400-X and can't afford to keep both. Also the tuner section is very strong,it pulls in weak stations very well as good and or better than my Marantz 2325 that I just had aligned by Mike Zucarro in Califonia. The phono section sounds better than my Marantz too. I'm using Forte 1 speakers with the Fisher 500-C .
Email me with any and all questions.
rlahser@harlotteobserver.com
In North Carolina
or call my cell 704-621-6205
Cheers,
Robert Lahser

Hello,
Here is another picture of my Fisher 500-C for sale $555 or best offer
rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
or cel 704-621-6205
Cheers,
Robert Lahser

Front of my Fisher 500-C ,previous picture is of the ruber covered marine/toggle off/on switch on the back of the chasis.
Cheers,
Robert

Robert Lahser Fisher 500-C for sale $555 OBO rear view of chasis with Fisher output tubes.

Lahser's 500-C for sale face plate shot.

Side shot of Fisher cabinet which is excellent original finish condition,vaneer is in great shape,with no sctaches/chips very attractive .

more fisher 500-C pic's

You bought this from Josh correct ? Looks like a great deal to me !

Chasis picture of Lahser's Fisher 500-C for sale.

Lahser's Fisher 500-C for sale
Fisher output tubes.

Lahser's Fisher 500-C for sale. More chasis shots.

Lahser's Fisher 500-C for sale. Last chasis shot.
Chasis has no rust,not shiney,but no rust. and no grime,a clean chasis. Transformers have very little browning.
If it doesn't sell here,I'm putting an ad on Audiogon.
I would like to get $555 and I could split shipping cost. I'll ship Federal Express and have it double boxed at UPS store and take it over to Fed Ex. terminal. UPS store jacks up the shipping cost.
Cheers,
Robert

Well. another last chasis shot to show the original Fisher power cord,the power cord is not hard and brittle,it's in great shape.
The off/on marine toggle switch operates with ease.

Hiya,
No I bought it from Tom M. who bought it from Ken M.
Ken M. put it on this forum 1/11/2004 to sell.
I bought it a few months ago. I really do hate to sell,but my Fisher 400-X Bizzy Bee mod arrives next week. Can't afford to keep the 500-C.
Cheers,
Robert

Yes, he got it from me. I got it from Ken. He's not kidding about the appearance of it, it's great. I had it hooked up to LaScalas and it absolutely kicked **** all over the place. All the other tube amps I've had are the EL-84/6BQ5 type, this thing has the big Fisher 7591's and puts out much more power, sounding effortless while doing it.

This thing made FM stations sound like CD's, and I had no antennae hooked up. Since then it's had an alignment too. It's got a load of good Telefunken 12AX7's in it. I forget how many, but it's like 8 or something. About $300 worth.

AFAIC, the front view is nearly flawless, glass is perfect.

I was in the same boat Robert is in, I needed the money for other stuff and had too many amps.

Somebody is going to get a good deal here.


If I had had that nice-looking wood for it I would probably still have it. I could have ebayed a bunch of other stuff and raised the money.