Amber 17 Pre-amp?? any info

Zero Cool · 23rd December 2007, 11:14 PM

I have access to a Amber 17 pre-amp if i want it. wondering if anyone has any 411 on it. if its worth anything, sounds any good etc??

Zc

KBK · 24th December 2007, 10:51 PM

Sounds like the late 70's Amber stuff. Decently built.

Sonics: No.

May as well be listening to the poorer sounding US/Japan made Marantz stuff from the same time period. Amber is slightly better sounding than that, but not by much. Let's be honest. It's OK, if you've never heard anything other than 'dross' in your entire life. Just about anything done/designed/created on this board is going to sound better. If it's free, take it. But don't pay much for it. It's gonna need a complete rebuild (caps, etc) just to sound OK.

Zero Cool · 24th December 2007, 11:46 PM

thats pretty much what i thought. It was $40 I passed on it.

Zc

23rd December 2007, 11:14 PM	#1
Zero Cool Audio Junkie diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: MN	Amber 17 Pre-amp?? any info I have access to a Amber 17 pre-amp if i want it. wondering if anyone has any 411 on it. if its worth anything, sounds any good etc?? Zc

24th December 2007, 10:51 PM	#2
KBK diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Wilds Of Canada	Sounds like the late 70's Amber stuff. Decently built. Sonics: No. May as well be listening to the poorer sounding US/Japan made Marantz stuff from the same time period. Amber is slightly better sounding than that, but not by much. Let's be honest. It's OK, if you've never heard anything other than 'dross' in your entire life. Just about anything done/designed/created on this board is going to sound better. If it's free, take it. But don't pay much for it. It's gonna need a complete rebuild (caps, etc) just to sound OK. __________________ "Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream." -- Malcolm Muggeridge. "Truth cannot be brought down, rather the individual must make the effort to ascend to it." -- Jiddu Krishnamurti

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24th December 2007, 11:46 PM	#3
Zero Cool Audio Junkie diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: MN	thats pretty much what i thought. It was $40 I passed on it. Zc

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