Cary CAD 280sa v12R

You might want to consider the AES Six Packs which are made by Cary and are the precursor to the V12 series of amps. I believe they are available from Upscale Audio in the US. Nice set of mono blocks. FWIW I owned the V12i and while I like the old Cary classic tube amps this one really didn't cut it for me.

Well, Cary charges $400 for the cap upgrade, plus a $100 bench fee PLUS it costs about $100 to ship it EACH WAY to North Carolina. They're using large Cardas caps which can be had from a number of sources - I believe - for about $30 each. I had mine in for some other service and had it done then. You'd be better served buying the caps and having a local tech do it. Of course I didn't know any of that until after I'd had the work done. booger

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Mechans'what do you mean Cary encouraged the thinking?

I have two of these amplifiers driving alon v mkII speakers. use the stereo pair in a bi amp configuration. very happy with them. Use gold lion kt88 tubes