How to get screwed out of an amplifier

[essrand]

Thought I would share my latest post on how sometimes you get cheated without even knowing you got cheated, and then you spend some frustrating months on a new quest for an amp.

How to get screwed out of an amplifier

Alternate title #1 How not to buy an amplifier - part 3, Alternate title #2 Games audio fools play.

audiofool.substack.com

 

[sidvee]

Sorry to hear this, hope you got you advance back. Lot of unscrupulous folks in the higher end audio space unfortunately. Shouldn't come as a surprise, lot of unscrupulous folks in all areas of our life, honesty is an uncommon virtue anymore.
Cheers,
Sid

 

[Nikhil]

Thought I would share my latest post on how sometimes you get cheated without even knowing you got cheated, and then you spend some frustrating months on a new quest for an amp.

How to get screwed out of an amplifier

Alternate title #1 How not to buy an amplifier - part 3, Alternate title #2 Games audio fools play.

audiofool.substack.com

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[essrand]

Sorry to hear this, hope you got you advance back. Lot of unscrupulous folks in the higher end audio space unfortunately. Shouldn't come as a surprise, lot of unscrupulous folks in all areas of our life, honesty is an uncommon virtue anymore.
Cheers,
Sid

Yes, thankfully I did get my deposit back, it took a month and a lot of phone calls, but it happened, and I am grateful for that. Grateful to whom I don't know , but generally grateful to be able to move on to something else.

 

[sidvee]

Yes, thankfully I did get my deposit back, it took a month and a lot of phone calls, but it happened, and I am grateful for that. Grateful to whom I don't know , but generally grateful to be able to move on to something else.

I would recommended name & shame, but since you got your money back, better to move on, though I can kind of guess who the bad actors are - provided you did not use an alias for the cities that are involved .
Cheers,
Sid

 

[yogibear]

So far my experience tells me, (over 7 years and counting and still loving F2a tube over all others including the 300B) if F2a tubes are not well packed and handled well, they lose their heaters. So you have a tube with a bad heater, in other worlds DOA.

My own F2a story began with two DOA monoblocks, misrouted, badly handled, literally damaged and tubes too gave away eventually. I did lose half of the money and I was very furious but that was reason I went on building my own design….

Currently own four F2a amps, doing 9-10 watts per channel and I love them over all others so far including the 300B.

 

[essrand]

So far my experience tells me, (over 7 years and counting and still loving F2a tube over all others including the 300B) if F2a tubes are not well packed and handled well, they lose their heaters. So you have a tube with a bad heater, in other worlds DOA.

My own F2a story began with two DOA monoblocks, misrouted, badly handled, literally damaged and tubes too gave away eventually. I did lose half of the money and I was very furious but that was reason I went on building my own design….

Currently own four F2a amps, doing 9-10 watts per channel and I love them over all others so far including the 300B.

I wanted to try an F2a as well, for a change, given a good chunk of my audiophile life has been with 300b tubes. But it was not meant to be.