SOLD Border Patrol Valve Preamplifier

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Wammer
Wammer
Oct 26, 2014
2,342
256
118
Eton wick, berkshire
AKA
Phil
HiFi Trade?
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Border Patrol Valve Preamplifier

Line only.

Recently serviced by David Coe.
The volume pot was also upgraded to an audio note unit.
The smoothing caps were replaced.

Hovland musicaps and blackgats.

A lovely preamplifier, for sale as i'v caught the vintage bug, and not using valves at present.

Uses -
1 x CV4068 (although i am advised by Border Patrol that ECC82 are ok).
1 x EZ80

At present there is a nos black plate brimar cv4068,
and a nos mullard ez80 blackburn 50`s.

It also comes with the valves it cam with.
Another brimar cv4068 and a EI ez80.

Collection from eton Wick, near windsor.
Or i am sure jack (non smoking man) will be running a wam taxi at some point).

Price is £775.

Thanks for looking.

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Wammer
Wammer
Sep 12, 2015
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1
4,879
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Kensington, London
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I'd want to hear this preamp with an E80CC Tungsram and teflon coupling caps like FT-2 or FT-3 before moving it on. It's a perfect chassis for all kinds of improvements. The E80CC Tungsram is a wonderful sounding valve and has been used as a substitute for a 12AU7, though it ideally needs a different operating point. A few threads on that substitution if you google that. I use the E80CC Tungsram in my system (not the gold pin Holland one) and have a few. I had to buy them from Germany and Hungary, though, and pay import taxes so not cheap.
 
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