Alpeh 30 age

Heiney9 · 3rd October 2008, 10:04 PM

I was just wondering if maybe Nelson or someone else had any idea if a used Aleph's age can be determined by the serial number. I know they enjoyed about 5 year run and I thought there might be a way to determine which year of manufacture it was by S/N.

I also understand that Volksamp built these for Pass Labs so maybe they are the only ones with the info.

Anybody know what serial number the first Aleph 30 was? One I've seen is 11486, is this earlier or later run?

Thanks in advance

H9

KevinLee · 22nd December 2008, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Heiney9
I was just wondering if maybe Nelson or someone else had any idea if a used Aleph's age can be determined by the serial number. I know they enjoyed about 5 year run and I thought there might be a way to determine which year of manufacture it was by S/N.

I also understand that Volksamp built these for Pass Labs so maybe they are the only ones with the info.

Anybody know what serial number the first Aleph 30 was? One I've seen is 11486, is this earlier or later run?

Thanks in advance

H9

Mine is s/n 11479 and I would also be curious of the age.

Nelson Pass · 22nd December 2008, 10:23 PM

The oldest Aleph 30 is approaching 9 years. 11XXX numbers are probably
'02 or '03.

Heiney9 · 11th February 2009, 04:19 AM

A quick bump for another quick question.

Finally got a pristine Aleph 30 and it's a superb sounding amp....as if people didn't already know that

.

In some pics (not sure but they may be illustrations) it looks like the heat sinks are slightly different. Were there more than one type (shape) of heat sinking used on the Aleph 30?

The pic shows what appears to be a section missing in the middle and more of and "X" wing pattern

The one I own has different heat sinking. This could be a simple difference between an illustration and an actual pic.....because the same type of pic as above (or illustration) is shown on the owners manual.

Just wondering

TIA

Heiney9 · 11th February 2009, 04:48 AM

There were 2 pics in the above post........where'd the first one go?

hifimaker · 11th February 2009, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Heiney9
There were 2 pics in the above post........where'd the first one go?

Here it is.

-David

Nelson Pass · 11th February 2009, 08:44 PM

The sink with the fins pointed up was at the end of production -
they were borrowed from First Watt.

3rd October 2008, 10:04 PM	#1
Heiney9 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MidWest	Alpeh 30 age I was just wondering if maybe Nelson or someone else had any idea if a used Aleph's age can be determined by the serial number. I know they enjoyed about 5 year run and I thought there might be a way to determine which year of manufacture it was by S/N. I also understand that Volksamp built these for Pass Labs so maybe they are the only ones with the info. Anybody know what serial number the first Aleph 30 was? One I've seen is 11486, is this earlier or later run? Thanks in advance H9

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22nd December 2008, 10:23 PM	#3
Nelson Pass The one and only Join Date: Mar 2001	The oldest Aleph 30 is approaching 9 years. 11XXX numbers are probably '02 or '03.

11th February 2009, 04:19 AM	#4
Heiney9 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MidWest	A quick bump for another quick question. Finally got a pristine Aleph 30 and it's a superb sounding amp....as if people didn't already know that . In some pics (not sure but they may be illustrations) it looks like the heat sinks are slightly different. Were there more than one type (shape) of heat sinking used on the Aleph 30? The pic shows what appears to be a section missing in the middle and more of and "X" wing pattern The one I own has different heat sinking. This could be a simple difference between an illustration and an actual pic.....because the same type of pic as above (or illustration) is shown on the owners manual. Just wondering TIA

11th February 2009, 04:48 AM	#5
Heiney9 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MidWest	There were 2 pics in the above post........where'd the first one go?

11th February 2009, 08:44 PM	#7
Nelson Pass The one and only Join Date: Mar 2001	The sink with the fins pointed up was at the end of production - they were borrowed from First Watt.

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