Allan Songer Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 An employee of mine is retiring and selling off his entire system which he purchased new back in 1991. I already offered the Well Tempered vinyl rig with a Lyra Clavis MC cartridge to a fellow Kipsch Forum member, but I have listed the Audio Research stuff on Audiogon for him. The gear consists of a D-125 Power Amp (a real beast, 85 lbs, and EIGHT 6550 tubes, recently replaced), an SP-14 preamp, a hybrid tube/solid state design (tube is a nice old Mullard 6DJ8), and finally a D/A converter model DAC-1. New in 1991 the amp was $3295, the preamp $2495 and the DAC was $3400. Here are the Audiogon listings: http://ads.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstube&1129063273&item http://ads.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?preatube&1129063680&item http://ads.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?dgtlconv&1129063959&item Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Landau Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Very nice. Especially the DAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gullahisland Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 ---------------- On 8/12/2005 4:00:32 PM Allan Songer wrote: An employee of mine is retiring and selling off his entire system which he purchased new back in 1991. I already offered the Well Tempered vinyl rig with a Lyra Clavis MC cartridge to a fellow Kipsch Forum member, but I have listed the Audio Research stuff on Audiogon for him. The gear consists of a D-125 Power Amp (a real beast, 85 lbs, and EIGHT 6550 tubes, recently replaced), an SP-14 preamp, a hybrid tube/solid state design (tube is a nice old Mullard 6DJ8), and finally a D/A converter model DAC-1. New in 1991 the amp was $3295, the preamp $2495 and the DAC was $3400. Here are the Audiogon listings: http://ads.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstube&1129063273&item http://ads.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?preatube&1129063680&item http://ads.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?dgtlconv&1129063959&item ---------------- Nice gear. I used to own a D-125. It's a terrific amp with plenty of drive. Not "tubey" like a lot of tube gear, but not hard and cold like most solid state. 110 watts of glorious tube power! My only gripe with this particular design is that the tubes sit horizontally which can lead to accelerated wear. There is a fan to help alleviate this, however. It's also dead quiet, so you don't have to worry about increasing your noise floor. I also owned the predecessor, D-115 MKII which was a better amp overall, but not as powerful and a little more temperamental considering that it was an ALL tube design. The D-125 is solid state on the input side and "only" requires eight 6550 output tubes. Just an FYI...The amp actually listed for $4,500 although your friend/employee may have gotten a better deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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