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For commercial gear an Alps RK27 is actually pretty nice.
I don't know about paying 1400 pounds for it, but the case looks to be good quality, good transformer, clean dual-regulated PSU design, opamp + MOSFET pair design looks decent. It looks like it should be a nice quality amp. Perhaps not at that price, but can't say that the build quality and design are bad.
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I had an alps in my standard amp, until i went with a high end pot, i knew how mediocre they were! The alps is nice since you can bypass the pod with high quality resistors, lifting the qaulity of sound considderably, so much for the quality of an alps...as i said, been there, done that! I see nothing special in there that warrants a 1600 euro price! Not even balanced out for headphones, wich is available for 1600 euro's if you shop well.
As i said, if you like it buy it, but don't complain if there is a better one for much less!
For your info, i have seen commercial amps with stepped pots, now that is much nicer for a basic, standard amp, alps is pretty cheap and standard, sorry. Nothing high quality, very mudded sound compared to high end pots or if you bypass the pot.
There are no masterclass components in there! very standard and at best, very mediocre...
Even very high end amps have 10 cent components in there...and start to sound good when replaced with high end components...try a couple of euro's resistor and be amazed...companies want to maximize profit, not sound for the money...that's what i learned in over 25 years of listening, owning and modding.