Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers?

@roberjerman I have a Bedini 150/150 and a BEL 1001, among others in my collection. Both still working fine! 


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Reference Line Audio Silver Signature. Owned one for 20 years and it's still the best solid state amp I've heard.

Perreaux 2150B. 340wpc/8ohms, 680wpc/4ohms, 920wpc/2ohms! Can be found for around $1K. I have one! 

Belles and McCormack with higher-level mods — beware the older models input boards are beginning to fail and need to be replaced. I know this because I have one that needs a new board, and it’s an expensive repair.

True. I had a beloved DNA-1 Deluxe that I used for about 20 years, until it died. Caps or boards fried, and it got REALLY hot, POP! and then one channel failed. I was going to have it totally rebuilt (basically everything replaced, better than new) with the Gold upgrade, for about $2000. It’s a classic amp, but I decided to have Klaus Bunge at Odyssey Audio build me a Khartago++ for about $500 less, and it’s a great bargain amp (Jonathan Valin of Absolute Sound loves them as monoblocks, calling them a fabulous bargain).

I loved my McCormack, and Steve Mc is a brilliant designer. I would love to have a new DNA-1 Gold, top of the line upgrade.

Reference Line Audio Silver Signature. Owned one for 20 years and it's still the best solid state amp I've heard.

I still have a Reference Line PreEminence One passive line stage, and it's amazing. I can't bear to part with it, though it's not being used. I suspect it's like the Tortuga passive, which gets great reviews.

I'd heard his amps were great too. I cannot find anything about the owner of the company... it's like he vanished. Did he die?