Manley Chinook question

Near half the retail price? He be a waitin' till the cows come home!

I recived my Chinook in march of this year .After two days of use It became defective and was a REAL problem .  Manley handled the issue and replaced with a new unit . Now that I've run the Chinook for four months,Its Great . The stock tubes are very good ,I would not roll them for 2-3 months until  unit is broken in. It does take time to break them in and you may find these stock tubes perfect. I just put in 4 NOS Amperex Gold pin 7308 that came from Upscale Audio . Maybe Its just me , it gets better ever day, these will be the only tubes I use !


  

"Near half the retail price? He be a waitin' till the cows come home!"

Retail around $2200. Who pays retail on new equipment?
Negotiating a new one should be under $2k right off the bat.

Used take another $3-400 to start..it's USED.

The OP could by a standard Chinook and just replace 2 tubes and he good to go.

Patience, and willingness to pounce is key.

USED isn’t a bad thing if the manufacturer offers good support to 2nd-hand owners. What I’ve heard about Manley is very unfavorable to that, though. So yeah - used is a bad thing in this case :-P

I bought a used Chinook here on Audiogon. I had for about a year and it started to hum pretty loud. I called Manley and they were fantastic on the phone. I actually boxed up the Chinook and took it to The SHOW in Irvine where they had a booth. They allowed me to drop it off and they took it back to their shop. They totally upgraded it and within 2 weeks they shipped it back to me.  Cost for everything:  NOTHING!  That was a year ago and it is perfect.  They are a fantastic company in my experience.

My Chinook's serial number is 011 so it was literally the eleventh unit produced...about 5 years ago I believe...and they knew I bought it used. 

I rolled the tubes once but put back the originals soon after. The stock tubes were much better.