I initially purchased this after reading that Dynaudio (which I owned at the time) used Octave amps in their show systems. The amp sounds great, very powerful and punchy and clean yet refined with lovely rich harmonic colour. Best of both worlds. It outputs about 70W per channel.
This is a low maintenance valve amp, biasing the power tubes is made very easy with small pots on the front face and LED indication of bias voltage. Unlike many components, I have never felt the itch to try something else. Only the purchase of active speakers makes this redundant.
I have the original packaging, manuals, valve cover and remote. I will throw in a few small tubes (couple of Mullards in there). Currently running KT120 power tubes, I will also include 6x 6550 and 4x KT88 (used but working). I have only needed to replace power tubes once in seven years when one 6550 blew.
The amp is in immaculate condition, as good as new really. You may see a couple of tiny marks where the tube cover screws down, but this would have been the case when unboxed for the very first time. Faultless electronically and audibly, this is built like a tank and should still be singing many decades from now.
Octave V70SE currently retails for £4,795 and Black Box for £990 (Elite Audio). Asking £2,000
Collection and demo welcome near Tewkesbury. Happy to ship to Europe for a trustworthy buyer, shipping and insurance extra.
I am new to this forum, but have a good reputation on English hifi forums and Ebay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Octave-V70SE ... 3489796285
https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads ... st-3687800
https://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/1319 ... condition/
Also selling Zingali Zero Otto speakers £2350.
https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads ... st-3687798
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