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What amp is this? Klipsch ONLIFE amplifier….?


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I was on the hunt for a nice two channel amplifier to drive my Belles and instead I bought this bad boy… 

 

Anyone know much about it? I couldn’t find anything online. The Klipsch badge on top seems to be from the factory, rather than just a sticker…

 

What is it? What’s it worth? Does it have a mate out there? 
 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Dave P.

 

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36 minutes ago, dkpack99 said:

Thanks! I think I’ve got it now…

It's not a klipsch amplifier , someone took off a sticker from a klipsch K-33 woofer and placed it on top of the amp ,

this is an ONLIFE Research UM-10mkII  Monaural  Tube amp , 10 W   push-pull configuration using triode 2A3.

 

this amp  looks like great Quality -Made in Japan  

 

https://audio-database.com/DYNAVECTOR/amp/um-10mkii.html

 

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Thanks 001!
 

The one thing that has me puzzled is that it’s more than a sticker… it’s more like a metal plate, that fits perfectly in the “stamped” circle on the metal (transformer?) case… I don’t see the “stamped circle” on the amp you linked…

 

Any chance Klipsch had “limited” run of these badged Klipsch?

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28 minutes ago, dkpack99 said:

 

 

Any chance Klipsch had “limited” run of these badged Klipsch?

 

 the  klipsch K-33-E  badge comes from a klipsch  15 inch woofer , had the badge been specifically Made for the amp , it would not say " K-33-E "

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the amplifier shows the Manufacturer's Serial no badge , look at the right of the 1st picture you posted  

 

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In the early 2000's a "boutique" amp company approached Klipsch with a "marketing collaboration" proposition.  No deal was reached.  The Museum has a vaguely similar prototype.  This MIGHT be an internal prototype of theirs that we did not see.  This is strictly a GUESS!

 

On the other hand, it could be (and probably is)someone just farting around.

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JRH,

 

Good to know, I think it must have been a prototype or something..  I can’t imagine why else the “stamped circle” exactly fitting metal badge could come from… it’s more than a sticker or badge attached to the amp..

 

Now, if I could only find its mate!

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