Hello,
I am selling a Nugget Audio 2-Channel Beta-22 / B22. I bought this amp a couple of months ago for $850 USD, so if anyone can match this price and also pay for the shipping costs, the amp is theirs. I am hoping to keep the sale in Canada/ConUS. I'm currently in Vancouver, BC but I frequently head down to Washington so if the sale is in the States I can ship from there. The reason I am letting go of this awesome amp is because I have yet to own a tube-amp and by the description from others of how it sounds it seems like my cup of tea. I have just purchased a WA6 that is on its way here, so I need to sell this to compensate for the purchase. But some time in the future I would definitely like to get my hands on a B22 again (maybe balanced?).
I'm quite new to head-fi so a lot of this is new to me and I might not be able to answer questions about how it sounds compared to other amps and the sort, and also questions about certain qualities of this amp. Let me say sorry in advanced if I'm not able to answer some of the more technical questions. All I am able to tell at this moment from two different set-ups is which one I like more and not much else. I do appreciate music and I hope I am able to pick up the subtle details soon.
This excerpt along with the pictures were taken from the head-fi member tonsosnot's thread from which I bought the amp. Thanks tonsosnot and I hope you don't mind.
"A wonderful B22 built by n_maher, whom I hope won't mind that I steal his internal pictures and description of the amp.
'Also, just a few technical details about the amp. It uses the full compliment of matched components, Belden silver plated stranded copper wire for all audio connections, upgraded Muse caps in both the power supply and amp sections, a premium Alps RK40 (Black Beauty, no longer in production, cost ~$100) and IIRC is configured with a gain of 6. The rear panel binding posts are switched from the front panel headphone jack so that when headphones are plugged in the binding posts are disabled, this allows for easy use as both a speaker and headphone amp without having to constantly unplug the rear panel outputs.'
'It is a 2-channel version of the amp, some find that the switch to the third channel, active ground setup doesn't yield the performance increase that the 33% price increase (not exact, just roughly speaking here) would make you hope for. I've built both, and find the 2-ch version to sound excellent enough that I can do without the heat and additional complexity and cost. Your amp also has a few nice features, namely the Alps RK40 volume pot which is generally regarded as one of the best analog pots. The kicker is that they aren't available anymore and if you can find one they're $100 or more. Additionally your amp has the upgraded Nichicon Muse caps for the amp and power supply. Also, your amp has switchable inputs wired directly to a rear panel switch to minimize the signal path length, uses a custom SumR shielded transformer and has switched (via the headphone jack) binding posts for driving efficient speakers (94db/W or higher) or the K1000s. All of this is housed in a Par Metals 20 series chassis and finished with aftermarket anodized screws, not the typical stock crappy philips head screws you'll find on a lot of builds.'
This amp has dual RCA inputs and speaker binding posts."
Front/Back
Cheers,
Vincent
