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Help me decide what to do with old tube amps

I have two old tube amps.  One is a Hafler pre-amp that is worth about $200, maybe.

The other is an amp by Audionics of Oregon from about 1975.  It's so rare that I can't figure out what it is, how much it would cost it to fix it or how much I could sell it for.  I can't find anyone who has worked on one before or find any relevant records on eBay.

The amps work last I tried, but they sound like the power supplies are shot.  There could be other problems, but I'm not sure how I'd know.

Right now they are just sitting around.  I would like to either fix and use them, or sell them.  Maybe the Audionics will have a new life as replacement parts for another old tube amp.

The audionics has no model name.  The back of the amp has a stuck-on serial number 06835 above the words "Manufactured by Audionics, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon 97005 U.S.A. 

If anyone is interested in helping me figure out what it is and what to do with it, I would be happy to take the amp apart and post pictures of its innards.

Thank you.


audionicsmystery
lewm
13,019 posts
 
Was that an OTL?  Because I found mention of one OTL made under the Audionics brand name.  I think the BA150 is it.  My friend actually had one.
jperry
2,448 posts
 
I don't think it is an OTL amp, but I could be wrong. A friend of mine owns one. Has adjustable feedback.
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atmasphere
11,793 posts
 
It would not be a problem to get either refurbished. The parts likely needed are power supply filter capacitors, which are not proprietary. Any competent technician could handle the repair.
audionicsmystery OP
5 posts
 
I started taking it apart, and was reminded that the model number is on the front panel.  It's a CC-2.

Someone suggested I should post this in amps/pre-amps instead.  Should I do that?
reubent
6,979 posts
 
The Audionics CC-2 is a solid state amplifier. I owned two of them back in the early 1980's and used them as both stereo amps and bridged mono. Nice amps back in the day. Sounded pretty good as I remember. I replaced them with the first generation Adcom GFA-555.

Can't help you with what to do with them, other than to say you could likely buy a decent integrated amp for less than the repair cost of your old pair. 


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