I have a few already ta. And I paid about $100 each so
Magnetika sent me a quote for $1000/piece + $500 setup fee for a brand new A-24, so I guess the A-24 is still "undervalued"??
What don't you like about the A24s? Are there any UTCs you like? ThxThat's an F-off quote for what they regard as a nuisance request, they probably get that a couple times a week, and they don't want to do it. The AMI clone seems to now be available. A-24's are garbage anyway.....I know, that's 'inflammatory', but I wouldn't keep one, or spend anything for one either.
Many thanks Doug! It's great to hear your experience. Now I rue having spent $$ to buy the A24s for a couple projects. Oh well, you live and earn...They sound small and band limited compared to plenty of other things. I have a bunch of LS series UTC and a bunch of custom part # stuff on Gates and RCA modules that all makes A series sound cheap. That's my experience, sold all the A series stuff years ago, YMMV. Bonus: I had Thordarson A-24 versions that sounded better than most of the UTC's I had sitting around at the time.
They are the bottom of the UTC quality scale in terms of ‘quality audio parts for the audiophile DIY’er’. They sound so middle of the road. I want contrast; if I want truly hifi they aren’t it, and if I want euphonic colored band-limited they aren’t that either. There are tons of things that do the same job (pretty much the single most common tube output ratio available) as well or better from any point of view one might have, for so much less money.
Got a similar F-off quote about 5 years ago from Thordarson for a model listed in an early 60s Radio Master catalog. $700 without the potted enclosure. I was irritated enough to say, “okay let’s do it. How do I send payment?”. Never heard back.That's an F-off quote for what they regard as a nuisance request, they probably get that a couple times a week, and they don't want to do it.
who wants an O-16?
Younger musicians and aspiring engineers lately ask me why I even bother with hardware, something I didn’t get asked much just a few years ago. You can’t miss what you never had, I guess.
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