Schu Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 The case is a "decent" match to the current vrds... but if course, not the same I understand you need what you need for them, I respect that completely even if I am a bit saddened. I am not really interested in any of the tubes except for the telefunken 12ax7 and mullard cv4003... but my preference is for what you got them for from rodney or a trade plus cash. If I am somewhat honest with myself, I have to ask just how could anything be much better than my current Jupiter VRD's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born2RockU Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Klipsch Family...I just sold my VRDs for $1850 ( free shipping ) ..here in the Garage Sale ! Should have I sold them for more? ... Or, ?..are THESE $4000 ones up for sale righteously priced, since they obviously been HotRodded ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown7 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 They are righteously priced, in my opinion. These are far from your "normal" VRD amps. The Magnequest transformers alone cost Rodney like $2100, not even to mention the other upgrades. FYI, I sold my standard VRD’s (with upgraded Auricaps) for $1700 locally after I bought these hot-rodded amps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown7 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 46 minutes ago, Schu said: The case is a "decent" match to the current vrds... but if course, not the same I understand you need what you need for them, I respect that completely even if I am a bit saddened. I am not really interested in any of the tubes except for the telefunken 12ax7 and mullard cv4003... but my preference is for what you got them for from rodney or a trade plus cash. If I am somewhat honest with myself, I have to ask just how could anything be much better than my current Jupiter VRD's... Schu, I'm sure your current Jupiter VRD's sound great man. These just add that touch of extra refinement, bandwidth, pinpoint imaging, etc. If you decided to purchase the amps, you could always sell the tubes if you didn't want them. I just don't want to hassle with doing that right now. We have a two week old baby girl, so my time is focused elsewhere at the moment. I'd rather sell everything together and be done. That, or just hold on to the amps until I'm through this hump where my wife is out of work with the baby. If I do the latter, then I'll be in the market for another NBS down the road. The match between amps and preamp cannot be overstated, but that is another story in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 They are righteously priced, in my opinion. These are far from your "normal" VRD amps. The Magnequest transformers alone cost Rodney like $2100, not even to mention the other upgrades. FYI, I sold my standard VRD’s (with upgraded Auricaps) for $1700 locally after I bought these hot-rodded amps. I spent 3100 for the Magnequest and speaker binding posts . It also has upgraded IEC and RCA Inputs there was another 200.00 that’s 3300.00 just in the last upgrade They are a very nice upgrade compared to std VRDS with Jupiter’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown7 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Thanks for the clarification Rodney. These are special amps you had built, and I’m thrilled to own them. I’ll miss them if they sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opusk2k9 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Bump for great amps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailbender Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 If I can sell my VRDs I will buy yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown7 Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Sounds good Brian, just let me know. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born2RockU Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 12 hours ago, Nailbender said: If I can sell my VRDs I will buy yours. @Nailbender I just sold mine for $1850. Was the easiest sale of my life. Maybe I should have sold them for more ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I still have $3500 shipped (without tubes) for you Dave... the moment you say. I don't want electro harmonic 88's. Trade is off the table for now, I want to keep my current vrd's for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown7 Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Schu said: I still have $3500 shipped (without tubes) for you Dave... the moment you say. I don't want electro harmonic 88's. Trade is off the table for now, I want to keep my current vrd's for now. Thanks again for your offer. I would like to sell the amps with the tubes. Not interested in separating them at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 $3750 with the mullards and telefunkens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 $3,751 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown7 Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Thanks for the bids guys...although this is a "buy it now" listing and not so much an auction hahaha! In all honesty, I appreciate the offers. I plan to keep everything together and sell the amps with all the tubes. $4k + shipping buys them. The amps are incredible; that can't be overstated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstrickland1 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 lol man,, if I were going to buy them I'd pay the $4k. Worth every penny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 1:06 PM, Schu said: I should have purchased the vrds from Rodney when I had the opportunity... Looks more like Cocobolo than Hickory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown7 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 The wood is Walnut. More beautiful in person than the pics. The grain is really nice for walnut though. I could definitely see where you could get it confused with Cocobolo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul79 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Damn sure wouldn't let the $250 keep me from buying these. Pay the man what he wants and sell the tubes yourself. It aint hard. There is no way in hell I would let mine go for $4K In my system, this upgrade was not subtle, and all was better in the important ways. Sound of the instruments, image focus, scale, speed, slam, all much better with the HR VRD's. More transparent. They don't miss anything and somehow manage to keep it all sweet sounding at the same time. No aggressive edge to them at all, and beautifully balanced. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 $250.00 ? I’ll buy them for that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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