Of those choices, I'd go with the AL-80B or AL-572. I've had both and
both were decent amps, although I had some trouble with the 572. If you
go that route, I'd wire the transformed to get about 2.5 kV HV, rather
than the normal 2.8-3 kV, because the Chinese 572Bs don't like 3 kV.
Nobody pays $3500 for a AL-1500 or AL-1200. Whatever someone pays,
they're not paying for the extra 200 watts, they're paying for the extra
500 or 1000 watts, whether for headroom or actual output power.
R Atkins wrote:
> Without getting into the "why would anybody pay $3500 for the AL-1200/1500
> for 200 watts more?" questions, let me ask...
>
> Why would anybody pay $500 more for the AL-800 than the AL-572 when it has
> slightly lower power output and the tubes cost 9 times as much?
>
> .. and why would anybody pay only $100 less for 1000 rather than a 13000 watt
> amp when the tubes cost 4 times as much?
>
> I'm sure I'm overlooking something here, but not sure what.
>
> Thanks!
> Rusty
> K0FE
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