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AES/CARY Sixpac Mono Amps,Anyone have these?

I started to re-discover tubes and came across thses amps in The Absolute Sound and noticed there are only a few places where these can be purchased.
My Cary dealer here in Arizona can't even get a pair for me to demo.
Seems like the internal company(AES)within Cary itself just wants you to buy them and like them.
I did hear the Cary V12,and really liked it alot but can't afford the amp.These seem to be on the same structure as the V12.For the money they are probally pretty good.The only few reviews on them are (old) and from the origial debut of the amps.
I never see any of them for sale from private owners.
Is there anyone out there that have these amps and can give some more personal input on them?
Likes/Dislikes..anything??
I am demoing a pair of (Manley) MAHI amps and they are sounding not bad for a low wattage amp.I am enjoying them in Triode mode @20wpc...Hence the couriousity of the Sixpacs running Triode mode @ 50wpc....plus some of the extra upgrades offered them.Looking foward to hearing all comments.
Gordon
dgordonl
oldpet
295 posts
 
Hi
John at Audio Connection in NJ has the Six Packs. In fact he has just about anything you want from Cary. He is a real brick and mortar store. Lots of good equipment. He'd probably ship to your location as well.

web site: http://www.audioconnect.com/

No - I am not affiliated in any way. I was in his place once checking out some gear.

good luck
dgordonl OP
128 posts
 
Thanx to everyone who responded about the Sixpacs.I will have to call AES and do some inquiring...
My speakers are Vintage Infinity RS1B's and I have been using the Manley Mahi's on the mid/tweet towers which I have set to go down to 200hz ,and then the Bass towers(using SS mono amps) take over from there and go down to 22hz.Since the sixpacs only have to power mid/tweet towers and not work hard to power full range speakers,by everyones comments highs,mids,and especially bass should be awesome.
The little 20wpc in triode mode Manleys really kick butt....I think I will be in tube heaven since the Sixpacs are wired for 50wpc triode vs the 20wpc of the Manleys.....It would be nice though if they had the Triode/UL switch!
Thanx again to all
regards
Gordon
mattybumpkin
590 posts
 
FYI - Rolling the stock 12BZ7 for a RCA or GE NOS 12BZ7 is a nice improvement.

Regards,
sburton
29 posts
 
Trelja,
Sorry to have to disagree. The Sixpacs are very comparable to the V12R. I have heard both back-to back at the Cary factory. The Sixpacs and V12R share the same circuit and parts (per Kirk O. at Cary). Dennis H. indicated, in his interview on Positive-Feedback, the sixpacs sounded better than the V12i and it was "embarrasing." Therefore, he had to upgrade the V12i to the "R" specification by adopting the 12BZ7 input tube (like the pacs). Both amps make great music, that's for sure.
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nrenter
766 posts
 
Love the Sixpacs....and love the AE-3 DJH pre-amp as well.

Very under-rated hardware.
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