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Hi all,
Up for sale is a tube headphone amp and pre-amplifier that I bought a few months ago. It was my first piece of equipment that used tubes and I bought if for that reason. I wanted to to see what tubes were about. And I was very happy with what I heard. It's a fantastic sounding amp for the price and a good sounding amp overall. But don't take my word for it...
Here's a review on this unit from Skylab (is there anything he hasn't reviewed?): http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/421314/review-musical-paradise-mp-301-tube-headphone-speaker-amp
And the link to the Musical Paradise website: http://www.musicalparadise.ca/mp/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=68&zenid=suq54
Finally here's a link to more pics that I've taken: http://picasaweb.google.com/wantmyf1/MusicalParadiseMP301?authkey=Gv1sRgCLqAjcaV-IOvoQE#
I've taken a couple close-up pics of the tubes, for a reason. I know nothing about tubes themselves so please don't ask me. All I can tell you is that they look like they're Chinese based on the characters on the tubes. I took close-ups so you can see for yourselves what tubes are used and make your own judgement.
The cosmetic damage is pretty obvious when you look at the pictures but that's the only bit of damage on it. Unfortunately it arrived to me in that condition and I wasn't willing to send it off again to be fixed. It was easier to live with the flaw. It just wasn't that important to me.
The person who had it previously claimed that he had upgraded it with improved circuitry and silver wiring. I have no reason to doubt his word but, at the same time, I haven't opened it up to confirm it either.
$160 USD ($165 CAD) +shipping makes you the new owner! Be aware though that this unit weighs about 16 pounds so it's no light weight. If you're interested in checking out tube equipment this is an ideal starter amp. Not a bad finishing one as well. But it's low price and great sound is a perfect introduction to tubes.
Thanks for your interest!
Edited by wantmyf1 - 10/27/10 at 9:42pm
