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MissionAllegroSound has been dedicated to the
accurate recording and reproduction of
acoustic music for well over ¼ Century.
For those who value ears-on experience,
AllegroSound is "hear" to assist you.
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ConditionSome be 10~60 yrs old with imperfections,
non-functioning lamps, old capacitors, etc;
NO "mint", "minty", "perfect", "excellent".
AllegroGrading™ : 5 = New-In-Box,
4 = VeryGood, 3 = Good, 2 = Fair, 1 = Poor.
All pre-owned/used unless otherwise noted.
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Mains Voltage & What To Do About It
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* prices without deposit subject to change without notice.
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Trade-insTrade-in & purchases are not final until received,
inspected, tested and approved by AllegroSound.
Items failing to meet described condition will be
returned at customer's expense plus $50 min fee
for inspection/testing; additional fees may apply.
Vacuum Tubes"New" and "NOS" tubes sold by AllegroSound
have been operated during testing, auditioning
and burn-in & therefore are, technically, "used".
Terms & ConditionsEquipment is carefully inspected, cleaned,
variac'd, tested for dc-offset & auditioned
in ref system before it leaves our facility.
Quality work with TLC takes quality time;
I work at my pace & have orders ahead
of yours; item will ship when testing is
completed and packed for safe transit.
Suitability sole responsibility of Buyer.
Not responsible for errors/semantics/etc.
All items subject to prior sale or no sale.
Prices subject to change without notice.
All equipment as-is without warranty.
All sales f.o.b. Los Angeles California;
all matters and costs beyond this point,
incl, but not limited to, packing, freight,
duty, taxes, fees, are sole responsibility
of Buyer. All sales final. No refunds.
Add 8.75% SalesTax in California.
Featured System
since 1927.
the one and only original Project K2
fabled JBL Project K2 S9500 #194A/B
(the original and ultimate Project K2)
simulated-point-source loudspeaker,
small-footprint, modular construction
(heaviest section is pedestal at 113#),
inspired engineering by Greg Timbers,
tour-de-force execution by JBL, 98db/w/m.
"On a scale of 1~10, these are a 12."
—Andre Perreaux, E-Speakers.com
(or, you could pay more for new pr of non-point-source,
non-modular, DD66000 Everest & rent a forklift & crane)
JBL Project K2 S9500
JBL Project K2
JBL K2 S9500
JBL S9500
JBL K2 * note: above K2 links go to same info; click any one.
Mark Levinson loves music so much, he built a monument to it...
Mark Levinson Red Rose Music
Model One Reference Monoblocks,
conceived, designed & manufactured
with excellence entirely in the USA
(no, Martha, these are not made in
China like the solid-state models!),
#04 & #05 c.1998 with updates,
170w Ultra-Linear or 65w Triode,
2-4-6-8Ω taps (high-current 2Ω tap
enable this amp to drive speakers
other tube amps can only dream of),
4-6SN7, 8-6L6/5881, (1-5842/417A),
on-brd mtr, all-Balanced signal path
with NO phase-converter to alter
the acoustic of the recording venue!
(RCA-in adds 5842 phase-converter
for Single-Ended source, if you must),
100-120-240V World Power Supply,
Auto-Standby, factory crates, low hrs,
special Champagne-Gold finish,
ultra exclusive (< 200/prs produced),
outperforms all SETs & everything else!
(or, you could pay 7x more for a new pr
of Lamm ML-3's with 1/5th the power)
* To paraphrase Dr. Strangelove,
"The whole point of a simple circuit
is lost if you make it expensive."
* In the immortal words of Joe E. Brown,
"Well, nothing's perfect."
* In the opinion of AllegroSound,
"These come close; very close."
CLICK for Red Rose Reference
all-Tube, all-Octal, all-Triode, RC, handcrafted in USA
Canary C800 vacuum-tube RC preamp
c.2010, like-new-in-box with warranty,
new and improved version of CA-906,
all-tube, all-octal, all-triode signal path,
outboard choke-filtered tube pwr sup,
5 RCA inputs & 2 RCA outputs per ch,
120-step attenuator, metal remote-cont.
(or, you could pay 3x more for AudioValve Conductor)
CA-400 MM+MC Phono also available.
Canary C800 all-tube RC preamp 'sweeet' All-Tube MM-MC-PSU.
Canary Audio CA-400 MM+MC Phono
Preamp, Absoluten Spitzenklasse!!!,
hand-built w/TLC in California USA,
PURE-TUBE design with 4-12AX7 in
Phonostage + 6267 & 12BH7 in PSU.
NO step-up xfmrs! NO transistors! NO IC's!
detachable XLR-5 psu cable at both ends.
Factory-sealed A-stock. Buy today & save
60% on Quartet of fabled AllegroSound
12AX7B™ Original Reference Tubes™ .
(or, you could pay 22x more for TruLife Reikon,
6x more for Abbingdon Music Research PH-77,
or a whopping 30x more for a Vitus MP-P201)
C800 linestage preamp also available.
Canary CA-400 phono preamp
"the turntable (& tonearm) Newton would have built"
SOTA Star Sapphire turntable, 
"the tt Newton would have built",
gentle/silent/auto vacuum clamping
solves many lp & pickup problems,
Wheaton Tri-Planar II precision t/a
solves many tonearm problems,
upgraded armboard & platter-mat,
RCA-box, nude Benz MC-3 pickup,
Reflex clamp, solid oak plinth.
"3rd Most-Significant Turntable Of All Time." —TAS
SOTA Sapphire suspension turntable "dream-machine...redefines the state of the art in fm tuners"
"Your fm has the right to remain silent."
Day Sequerra FM Reference #210351,late production with updates and special
Factory-calibration to 75.0µs deemphasis,
ANALOG tuning to 0.01 mHz via
on-board Frequency-Counter,
on-board Oscilloscope for tuning
to 0.001 mHz & optimizing antenna,
Wide-Medium-Narrow selectivity,
discrete XLR-Balanced outputs,
choice of 17" or 19" black panel,
obm, one-of-a-kind, none better!
(or, you could pay 2x more for
a new Magnum-Dynalab 109)
Day Sequerra FM Reference 
Dream-Machine! any speed, any eq, auto-cal, servo-tension
Otari MTR-15N Master Recorder-Reproducer,
Otari's last and way-best analog tape deck,
Auto-Calibrate enables any blank tape to
be quickly calibrated and stored in memory,
B&O's clever Headroom-eXtension enables
recordings with wider dynamics & lower noise,
4 Speeds: 30 - 15 - 7.5 - 3.75 ips + Variable,
4 Record/Play EQs: AES - NAB - NABJ - IEC
plus custom eq's to compensate for "off" tapes
programmable in real-time from the front panel!,
Servo-controlled tape-tension for safe handling
of polyester-Mylar without danger of stretching,
superior electronics outperforms usual suspects
(Ampex, J-Corder, Sony, Studer, Technics, etc...),
easy access to plug-in cards via hinged frt-panel,
Vari-speed in all modes incl Wind, Auto-locate,
Monitor amp/speaker, top build quality (101 lbs!)
with one-inch precision-machined deck-plate,
handles all reel sizes including 12.5-in broadcast.
Available Options: ¼-trk Play head, overbridge,
roll-around trolley, customized deck-plate, case.
* Not to be confused w/popular Otari MX series,
which does not in any way play in this league.
* The abundance of usefull features does not
detract from its prime mission - sota playback
of your 2-track (and optional ¼-track) tapes
incl TheTapeProject tapes with CCIR-IEC eq &
other non-std tapes at any speed with any eq!
fyi, many audiophiles have expressed concern over this dream-
machine having ic's in playback chain; well, the exception proves
the rule, & this 1 made a believer out of me. Hearing Is Believing.
Otari MTR-15 Recorder-Reproducer 
AllegroSound
− Established 1973 −
"love what you listen with"
Los Angeles, California USA
Rick@AllegroSound.com
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