Quad amplifiers with them glass FETs in.

[Doggy Styles]

I once looked at building a good amp myself (it's been over 30 years since I soldered a valve socket but you never forget). Just the set of components would cost more than quite a few cars that I have bought.

God I've just been hit by a tidal wave of nostalgia. Wiring up my circuit boards in the research lab...

[doodab]

What would you connect them to?

[Ignis Fatuus]

Quad II-Eighty (2-80) Valve Mono Power Amplifier Pair

I'm going to lie down in a darkened room until the desire to spend £10k goes away.

I once looked at building a good amp myself (it's been over 30 years since I soldered a valve socket but you never forget). Just the set of components would cost more than quite a few cars that I have bought.

[the_rangdo]

A pair of these did the rounds recently on fleabay.

The seller wanted £10k, bargain when the new price is £34k.

The response was

[zeitghost]

Quad II-Eighty (2-80) Valve Mono Power Amplifier Pair

I'm going to lie down in a darkened room until the desire to spend £10k goes away.

I've got all the bits for a mono Maplin Millennium amplifier / Mullard 5-20 in the stores.

It's the sheer effort of doing the chassis bashing that puts I off.