Affordable
Valve Company
THE BEST
Valve / Tube Amplifiers and THE BEST Speakers
or MONEY
REFUNDED (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial.)
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Affordable
Valve Company
Chinatown
or Lim Aik Leong Signature valve / tube amplifiers
are the
BEST AMPLIFIERS IN THE WORLD
or MONEY
REFUNDED (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial.)
( MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
to be MUCH MUCH MUCH better than
GBP £100 to GBP £100000
'Class A' or 'Class B' transistor amplifiers,
digital amplifiers, hybrid
amplifier, 'Class D' amplifiers,
monoblocks help#audion1
, pre / power / monoblocks / power supply, etc
If you build an amplifier
with a SUPERB power supply,
like our 8 kilogram mains
power transformer + choke / inductors,
in our GBP £850+
valves amplifiers,
you do NOT need to 'muck
about' with upgrading the power supply !
( It is naive to believe
that more expensive amplifiers MUST sound better ! )
Affordable
Valve Company
Chinatown
or Lim Aik Leong Signature speakers
are the
BEST LOUDSPEAKERS IN THE WORLD
or MONEY
REFUNDED ( less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial )
( MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
to be MUCH MUCH MUCH better than any speakers of SIMILAR SIZE OR SMALLER.
)
( Please do NOT compare
our SMALLEST speakers with our competitors BIGGEST speakers.)
( It is naive to believe
that more expensive speakers MUST sound better ! )
Updated on 26 December 2006 = Unbelievable
claims about amplifiers from Naim , Classe , Icon Audio , Prima Luna
Website update on 14 January 2006 Latest
2005 REVIEWS by satisfied customers of our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve /
tube amplifiers (click here for more details)
Message in September 2006 = Beware
of fakes.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Class-A-EL34-triode-connect-Integrated-valve-amplifier_W0QQitemZ120033328056QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3280QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
was NOT bought from Affordable
Valve Company for GBP £650 1 and a half years ago.
It does NOT even have our name on
the front panel.
It is NOT Triode Connected.
Our Triode Connected amplifiers sound MUCH BETTER.
I have already complained to eBay.
| The 12 most important articles in our website are :- |
| Mr Andrew Everard review
in Gramophone magazine (click here for more details) |
| Customers testimonials for "EL34" valve amplifier
(click here for more details) |
| Customers testimonial for "KT88 Triode Connection"
amplifiers (click here for more details) |
| Why should you buy a valve amplifier ? (click
here for more details) |
| Can our £700 valve amplifier sound
better than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ? |
| Can our £700 ultra linear valve amplifier
sound as good as £3,000 ultra linear valve amplifiers ? |
| Why you do NOT need separate preamplifier
and power amplifier (click here for more details) |
| How can 100 watt amplifiers can damage your hearing
? |
Leave the upgrading to the professionals.
KT88 valves , 6550 valves , 300B valves ,
"Click stop" volume control , Alps volume control
, Panasonic volume control ,
"stepped" attenuator , heavy duty selector switch.
(click here for more details.) |
| Magma , Vincent T.A.C 34 , T.A.C. 88 valve amplifiers
are different to Affordable Valve Company amplifiers. |
| Reliability, repairs, replacement valves and
second hand amplifiers (click here for more details) |
| FAQ Frequently asked Questions - Is your valve /
tube amplifier suitable for my speakers , my CD players , what Phono stage
do you recommend ? |
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Unbelievable
claims about amplifiers from Icon Audio , Prima Luna , Naim , Classe
,
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There are dealers in Internet Forum, pretending to be innocent members
of the public,
making absurd claims that that Icon Audio valve amplifiers and Prima
Luna valve amplifier
sound better than our amplifier. These claims are absurd and nonsensical.
Please see below for our 1 month home trail,
which will prove that our competitors dealers claims are absurd and
nonsensical. |
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... 2006 issue of Hi Fi News magazine makes unbelievable claims that
the "BEST AMPLIFIERS" are GBP £ 1000 Naim Audio Nait 5i TRANSISTOR
amplifier
and GBP £ 4000 (or GBP £2500 in America) Classe Audio CAP-2100
TRANSISTOR amplifier
( Classe Audio CAP-2100 sells for USD $ 4900 , about GBP £
2500 in America, )
( but an astonishing GBP £ 4000 in England ! Hummm .......
)
Is Classe Audio CAP-2100 worth GBP £ 4000 or GBP £ 2500
?
Please read ...... http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-3211.html
Please read ...... Can our £700
valve
amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ?
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Most SERIOUS Hi Fi enthusiast (with 'standard' taste)
will agree that
'Push Pull' 'Ultra Linear' or 'Triode Connection' VALVE AMPLIFIERS
with
LARGE output transformers and EXCELLENT BASS and does NOT hum,
REALISTIC LIFELIKE human voices (without irritating, exaggerated
sibilance)
(when a woman say 'his' , it sound like 'hisssssssk')
SWEET TREBLE (without losing the treble details)
sounds better than TRANSISTOR amplifiers. |
Relatively few SERIOUS Hi Fi enthusiast
with SERIOUS equipment (i.e. NOT tiny 5 inch speaker or SMALL 6 inch
speaker)
( Please note that most SERIOUS speakers, over GBP £5000, are
NOT small 6 inch speakers )
will say that they prefer TRANSISTOR amplifiers,
after they heard
a SERIOUS MODERN High End 'Fixed / Adjustable bias' VALVE amplifier
with EXCELLENT BASS from HUGE output transformers.
( Many old 'automatic bias' valve amplifier have lousy bass or
woolly bass + warm fussy sound, )
( especially if the old valves have been used for 10 years !
)
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Some owners of our superb sounding "High End" and 'Ultra High End'
valve amplifier
might disagree with Hi Fi News claims
that GBP £ 1000 and GBP £ 2500 (or inflated GBP £
4000)
integrated TRANSISTOR amplifier are better ?BEST? than
their superb sounding Affordable Valve Company 'High End' and 'Ultra
High End'
'Triode Connection' 'push pull' VALVE amplifiers
that are the BEST AMPLIFIERS IN THE WORLD
or MONEY REFUNDED (less shipping cost. equipment returned during 1
month home trial) |
Please read
Customers testimonials for "EL34 Ultra
Linear" valve amplifier (click here for more details)
Customers testimonial for "KT88 Triode
Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)
with reviews from our customers who prefer our superb sounding "High
End" valve amplifier
to "High End" TRANSISTOR pre amplifier / power amplifiers / monoblocks
/ separate power supply
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... 2006 issue of Hi Fi News magazine makes unbelievable claims that
the "BEST AMPLIFIERS" are GBP £ 1000 Naim Audio Nait 5i TRANSISTOR
amplifier
and GBP £ 4000 (or GBP £2500 in America) Classe Audio CAP-2100
TRANSISTOR amplifier
( Classe Audio CAP-2100 sells for USD $ 4900 , about GBP £2
500 in America, )
( but an astonishing GBP £ 4000 in England ! Hummm .......
)
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I think that some of our customers might disagree with Hi Fi News magazine
because
one of our customers had Naim pre / power
and another customer had Classe pre / power.
and another customer had Musical Fidelity pre + monoblocks. |
These customer wanted to 'dip their toes into the water'
to see / hear if the hype about valve / tube amplifiers were true,
so they bought our GBP £250 'starter' valve amplifier on 1 month
home trial.
All 3 of these customer preferred our hilariously priced GBP £250
valve amplifier.
This sound unbelievable until you read my article called
Can our £700 valve amplifier sound
better than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ? |
1 of these customer have upgraded our GBP £250 amplifier to our
GBP £408 amplifier for a very reasonable price,
and he is pleased with the upgrade.
2 of these customer kept our GBP £250 valve amplifier for many
months,
before taking the plunge and upgraded to our more expensive GBP £1000+
valve amplifiers.
2 of these customers got about 80 percent 'trade in' price for our
GBP £250 valve amplifier,
because they were upgrading to a very expensive amplifier. |
We CANNOT give you 80 percent 'trade in'
if you are upgrading from our GBP £250 valve amplifier to our
GBP £650 valve amplifier |
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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
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| our GBP £250 VALVE amplifier will sound 2 times to 100 times
better
(depending on how fussy you are) than
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| GBP £ 4000 ( or an unbelievable GBP £ 2500 in America )
Classe Audio CAP-2100 TRANSISTOR amplifier
that Hi Fi News magazine unbelievably claim to be the 'Best amplifier'.
Ha ! Ha ! Very funny.
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| GBP £1000 Naim Nait 5i essentially 'Class B bias' TRANSISTOR
amplifier
that Hi Fi News magazine unbelievably claim to be the 'Best amplifier'.
Ha ! Ha ! Very funny.
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| GBP £50 to GBP £100000 DIGITAL amplifiers / CLASS D amplifiers |
| GBP £500 to GBP £100000 HYBRID amplifiers |
GBP £500 to GBP £100000 TRANSISTOR amplifiers / pre / power
/ monoblock / power supply
There is no need to 'mess about' with upgrading power supply,
if the amplifier was designed and built with a SERIOUS power supply.
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Like our main power transformer (in our more expensive amplifiers)
that weighs 8 kilogram (about the weight of a COMPLETE transistor 'typical'
amplifier)
+ high voltage 1 Henry choke / inductor (in our more expensive amplifiers)
+ high voltage capacitors.
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| Musical Fidelity did NOT invent chokes / inductors for power supply
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Does your expensive 'Flat Cap' or 'High Cap' power supply
have High Voltage 1 Henry chokes / inductors ? |
High Voltage 1 Henry chokes / inductors
is the equivalent of High Voltage 1,000,000 micro farad capacitor. |
Many transistor amplifier boost of LOW voltage 50,000 micro farad capacitors,
which stores much much much much less energy ! |
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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
our GBP £250 VALVE amplifier will sound 2 times to 10 times better
(depending on how fussy you are) than
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GBP £600 Icon Audio valve amplifier and
GBP £700 to GBP £1200 Prima Luna valve amplifiers (including
Prima Luna Monoblocks) and Audion monoblocks help#audion1
(Please compare the size of the output
transformers)
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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
our GBP £408 VALVE amplifier will sound 2 times to 10 times better
(depending on how fussy you are) than
GBP £900 to GBP £1800 Icon Audio valve amplifier
(Please compare the size of the output
transformers)
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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
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our GBP £750 to GBP £1400 'Triode connection' VALVE amplifier
will sound 2 to 10 times better (depending on how fussy you are) than
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GBP £3000 to GBP £100000 'Ultra Linear' VALVE amplifiers
like Audio Research (same British distributor as Prima Luna)
(There is a difference between 'High Price' and High End'.)
(It is naive to assume that expensive amplifiers sound better than
cheap amplifiers.)
(Please compare the size of the output transformers.)
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GBP £3000 to GBP £100000 hyped up 300B , 845, etc 'Single
Ended' valve amplifiers
like GBP £30000 to GBP £60000 Audio Note Ongaku
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Most Single ended amplifier have lousy bass.
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Many Single Ended amplifier hums !
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For all practical intent and purposes,
our superior valve amplifier have do NOT hum,
unless you put your ear next to the speaker
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(There is a difference between 'High Price' and High End'.)
(It is naive to assume that expensive amplifiers sound better than
cheap amplifiers.)
(Please compare the size of the output transformers.)
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Why don't you ask for 1 month home trial of amplifiers
from Naim , Classe , Icon Audio, Prima Luna, Audio Research and us
and make up your own mind.
If their amplifiers are so good, they will not be afraid of a 1 month
home trial. |
Please tell the dealer that you will be auditioning their valve or
transistor amplifier against
a GENUINE 'Affordable Valve Company' Triode Connection valve amplifier
MODIFIED IN ENGLAND BY LIM AIK LEONG (beware of fakes),
and you should be able to hear the dealer cringe ! |
IF I AM LYING, WILL I OFFER YOU 1 MONTH HOME TRIAL,
AND LOSE MONEY BECAUSE I WILL END UP WITH USED VALVE AMPLIFIERS,
IF OUR VALVE AMPLIFIER SOUND WORSE ? |
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New articles added to the website.
Much more interesting and thought provoking than many Hi Fi magazines.
Better advice and more technically correct than most Hi Fi magazines
(which are usually filled with absurd technical errors)
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Example of typical advice in Hi Fi magazines
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Readers SMALL 6 inch speakers
cannot imitate / reproduce HUGE 22 inch kick bass drum and HUGE 32
inch kettle drums
cannot fill HUGE 20 feet rooms with LOUD BASSy music.
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Typical Hi Fi magazines advice is
change the CD player, interconnect, loudspeakers cable, etc.
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Please could somebody explain to me ..........
how can changing the CD player, interconnect, speaker cable, etc.
make SMALL 6 inch speakers imitate / reproduce HUGE 22 inch kick bass
drum
and HUGE 32 inch timpani / kettle drums and fill HUGE 20 feet room
with LOUD BASSy music ?
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SERIOUS bass instruments must be huge.
Likewise, SERIOUS bass speakers and cabinets must be huge.
Just look at GBP £6000 huge B&W Nautilus 802 or GBP £13000
huge B&W Nautilus 800 |
How about some sane advice like .......
WELL DESIGNED (that need not be expensive) BIG 10 inch woofers in BIG
cabinets
are better suited to imitating / reproducing HUGE 22 inch kick bass
drums
and HUGE 32 inch timpani / kettle drums.
More sensible advice at help.htm#10sep2006 |
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| New in December 2006 = Recommended valve / tube amplifier for GBP £1440
ProAc Studio 140
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Ultra High End '3 way' speakers with 10 inch woofer (for
bass that is 10 times better than small 6 inch speakers)
+ 5 inch separate dedicated coated paper midrange (for VERY REALISTIC
HUMAN VOICES)
+ 1 inch soft dome tweeter (for sweeter treble than metal domes)
More information at 10_5_1.htm |
| New in October 2006 = The sound of EL84 valves versus EL34 valves
at help.htm#vel84 |
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Website update on 20 January 2006 Important
buying advice
Latest 2005 REVIEWS by satisfied customers of
our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve / tube amplifiers (click here for more details)
FAQ Frequently asked Questions - Is your valve
/ tube amplifier suitable for my speakers , my CD players , what Phono
stage do you recommend ? How does your amplifier compare with other valve
amplifiers like Radford, Quad ?
Please
click here to visit (or buy) at our eBay store (for our new range of speakers)
Please
click here for more information about GBP £2900 speakers
Please
click here for more information about GBP £650 speakers
The most important and expensive
part of the valve / tube amplifier
are the transformers (the 3 black
lump of metal at the rear of the amplifier)
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Our amplifier are the amplifier
on the left, with the BIGGER transformer.
You might recognize our competitor
on the right, with the SMALLER transformer
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Even our GBP £250 amplifier got bigger
transformers !
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The most important and expensive
part of the valve / tube amplifier
are the transformers (the 3 black
lump of metal at the rear of the amplifier)
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Our amplifier are the amplifier
on the left, with the BIGGER transformer.
You might recognize our competitor
on the right, with the SMALLER transformer
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| WARNING = BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT
ITEMS FROM CHINA |
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The following eBay items in January 2006 have
NOT been MODIFIED IN ENGLAND
by AFFORDABLE VALVE COMPANY of ENGLAND |
| http://cgi.ebay.com.cn/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5853986894 |
| http://cgi.ebay.com.cn/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7382301846 |
| http://cgi.ebay.com.cn/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7382399247 |
| Our cheapest model are the ORIGINAL Chinese model |
We will match the lowest price + shipping + British duty + British
VAT ,
from eBay sellers with 10 or more feedback, and some form of 'proven
track record;
and give you 2 year British / European / USA guarantee.
and 240 + - 10% volt version GUARANTEE RELIABLE IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE
(with 6 years experience),
or 120 volt + - 10% version GUARANTEED RELIABLE IN USA , AMERICA
(with about 4 years experience).
and NOT the Chinese 220 volts + - 10% . |
We will NOT match prices from eBay NEW member with 0 feedback.
It is your business,
if you want to buy expensive equipment from NEW ebay members with 0
feedback. |
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| WARNING = BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT
ITEMS FROM CHINA |
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| The more expensive models have been MODIFIED IN ENGLAND by us. |
| English labour is expensive, so the prices are MUCH HIGHER. |
However, as you can see from the customers reviews,
the AUDIBLE improvement is worth the extra cost. |
If you want us to match price for the ORIGINAL UNMODIFIED Chinese version,
please tell us the competitor eBay item number, and WE WILL MATCH THE
PRICE. |
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| WARNING = BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT
ITEMS FROM CHINA |
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Valve Amplifiers
Affordable Valve Company
Testimonials from customers who prefer our VALVE amplifiers to £3,000
NAIM
pre / power / power supply , 300 watts £8,000 CHORD
pre / power , QUAD pre / power , AUDIOLAB
pre / power / monoblocks , 150 watts MUSICAL FIDELITY
, ARCAM pre / power , LINN pre / power
in
Latest 2005 REVIEWS by satisfied customers of
our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve / tube amplifiers (click here for more details)
& Customers testimonial
for "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)
& Customers testimonials for
"EL34" valve amplifier (click here for more details)
There is a difference between
"High Price" and "High End" !
There is a difference between
TAC 34 , TAC 88 , TAC 834 , Magma , Audio Institute and our MODIFIED IN
ENGLAND valve amplifier ! ( Unscrupulous dealers who
tell you that they are the same are liars , and breaking the law of "Trade
Description Act" ! )
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We are real, we exist. We sold our first
EL34 valve amplifier in September 1999,
and our valve
amplifiers have proven their reliability for over 6 years.
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Our amplifiers AND VALVES are guaranteed
for 2 years
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Most of the time, our local shops do NOT
stock
Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice & Hi Fi World.
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These magazines might appear on the
shelves for a few days,
and then our local shops do NOT restock with
Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice & Hi Fi World.
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It is probably that way for most of England,
except for BIG newsagents in BIG railway or BIG
tube stations in BIG cities.
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We get MUCH MUCH more response
from 150 of GBP £2 eBay listing,
than GBP £1000 a month of advertisement
in Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice & Hi Fi World.
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So, we have given up wasting our money
by advertising in Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice &
Hi Fi World
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"What Hi Fi" magazine is found in my local
shops, but their advertising rates is
MANY times more than the other magazines !
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We will have to double our selling price,
if we wanted to pay for advertising in "What
Hi Fi magazine".
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We export world wide using RELIABLE UPS courier.
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Money back guarantee that you
will prefer these valve amplifiers to transistor amplifiers
or we will refund your money
(less £30 return carriage from England, within 30 days)
(less £100 return carriage from overseas country, with 30 days) |
Our amplifiers are built, tested, measured for distortion, amplifier
AND VALVES are guaranteed for 2 years,
has proper CE safety marking
and CE safety cage, to cover the hot valves. |
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How can our £700 valve amplifier sound better
than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ?
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About 90% of customers keep our amplifiers. Money refunded
to 10% of customers.
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Money Back Guarantee (less
£30, within 30 days)
that our valve amplifiers will
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| 1. Reduce the harsh sound of CD players (without losing the treble) |
| 2. Reduce the harsh sound of metal dome tweeters (without losing the
treble) |
| 3. Change the "hard" sound of metal cones to a sweet "fast" midrange |
| 4. Produce more bass than MOST transistor amplifier and MOST Single
Ended valve amplifier.
(at a realistic life size volume)
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| 5. Control and reduce sibilance. Sibilance is when a woman say
"his", it sound like like "Hissssssk". |
| 6. Produce more realistic human voices |
| 7. Produces an "inky black silence" between notes |
| 8. The difference will be 10 times more than changing a cable |
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Some of our customer used to own £2,000
to £8,000 transistor
amplifiers.
They were not 100% happy with the "transistor"
sound,
so they took a chance on our cheaper valve
amplifier.
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Please read our summary of SIGNED TESTIMONIALS
from customers who have changed to our cheaper amplifiers from :-
£8,000 Chord 3200 preamplifier
& 1200C power amplifier (320 watts)
£3,400 Naim NAC102 &
NAP 180 & Hicap power supply
£2,600 Naim NAC72 & NAP
180 & Hicap power supply
£1,400 Musical Fidelity A300
(150 watts) (2 testimonials)
Musical Fidelity XA-200 (2 testimonials)
Arcam 100 pre & 120 power
Arcam A85 Diva
Quad 34,306,405 II (3 testimonials)
Lin LK1 pre & LK2 power
Audio Innovation 500
Audiolab 8000 integrated & preamplifier &
power amplifier (even biamp 8000P) & 8000M monoblocks
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Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers,
within 30 days) that you prefer our
£500 "EL34 with Chinese valves + standard transformers"
(40 watts + 40 watts)
to £700 transistor amplifiers.
Why should you buy a valve amplifier ?
(click here for more details)
Mr Andrew Everard review
in Gramophone magazine (click here for more details)
Customers testimonials for "EL34" valve amplifier
(click here for more details)
How can £700 valve amplifier sound better
than £3,000 transistor amplifier ? (click here for more details)
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Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers,
within 30 days) that you prefer
£600 "EL34 Upgradeable + Svetlana valves + American
valves + Larger transformer" (40 watts + 40 watts)
to £1,000 transistor amplifiers
and sound similar to £2,500 American valve amplifiers.
Why should you buy a valve amplifier ? (click
here for more details)
Mr Andrew Everard review
in Gramophone magazine (click here for more details)
Customers testimonials for "EL34" valve amplifier
(click here for more details)
How can £700 valve amplifier sound better
than £3,000 transistor amplifier (click here for more details) ?
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Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers,
within 30 days) that you prefer
£1,000 "KT88 Triode Connection - Lim Signature"
to £2,000 to £20,000 transistor amplifiers
and sounds better than £2,500 to £20,000 "ultra linear"
valve amplifier (at a realistic life sized volume).
( Massive £20,000 valve amplifiers can produce unrealistic
5 times life size volume, )
(
but ours sounds better at realistic life volume.
)
Why should you buy a valve amplifier ? (click
here for more details)
Customers testimonial for "KT88 Triode Connection"
amplifiers (click here for more details)
How can £700 valve amplifier sound better
than £3,000 transistor amplifier ?(click here for more details) |
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Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers,
within 30 days) that you prefer
£1,450 "KT88 Triode Connection - High End"
to £2,000 to £20,000 transistor amplifiers
and £2,500 to £20,000 "ultra linear" valve amplifier (at
a realistic life sized volume).
( Massive £20,000 valve amplifiers can produce unrealistic
5 times life size volume, )
(
but ours sounds better at realistic life volume.
)
Why should you buy a valve amplifier ?(click
here for more details) ?
Customers testimonials for "KT88 Triode
Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)
How can £700 valve amplifier sound better
than £3,000 transistor amplifier ? (click here for more details) |
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Speakers are important !
Try our £350 "3 way" speakers
or £1,800 "3 way" speakers
and you will be shocked at the difference !
Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage)
that
our valve amplifiers + our recommended £350
"3 way" speakers
will produce clearer, more realistic, more believable
human voices (when there is a loud bass note)
than "2 way" speakers like £1699 Spendor
S8 , £624 Dynaudio Audience 52 , £379 Quad 11L , £300
B&W DM602 + £1500 AVI Laboratory Series , £550 Roksan Kandy
Mk III , £1000 Cyrus Pre X + £550 Cyrus SmartPower , £3490
Krell KRC-3 + £11997 Krell FPB400CX (click
here for more details)
Why should you buy our "3 way" High End speakers
with 10 inch woofers + 4.5 inch midrange + 1 inch tweeter ? (click here
for more details)
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£500
"EL34 with Chinese valves + standard transformers" (40 watts
+ 40 watts)
£600
"EL34 Upgradeable + Svetlana valves + American valves + Larger transformer"
(40 watts + 40 watts)
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Reliability & 2 Years Guarantee
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We have been selling the upgraded version for 3 years,
and they have proven their reliability ! |
| We guarantee everything (including the valves) for 2 years. |
I am amused that an American £4,000 valve amplifier
only has 90 days guarantee on their valves ! |
If you want 2 years guarantee on the valves,
buy our cheaper amplifier ! |
Our Svetlana KT88 cost much more than the 6550 valves
used in £2,500 to £3,000 American amplifiers. |
So, we encourage you to compare our KT88 amplifiers
with £2,500 to £3,000 American 6550 amplifiers,
and hear the difference for yourself ! |
| You should buy Hi Fi equipment with your ears, and not your wallet
! |
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If you have a detached house, far away from neighbours,
and own big speakers with 12 in woofers,
and you like your music at very high levels (which will permanently
damage your hearing)
then our
£1,000 "EL34 Lim Signature" (40 watts
+ 40 watts)
£1,450 "EL34 High End" (40 watts
+ 40 watts)
are probably better for you. |
However, we strongly recommend that you listen to music at a much softer
volume
to prevent permanent damage to your hearing. |
Most people owning 6 inch speakers, living in terrace houses,
do not need more than 20 watts (with good bass),
from our "KT88 Triode Connection",
which has sweeter treble and more realistic human voice than "Ultra
Linear" amplifiers . |
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We apologize that parts of our website
might show the old prices.
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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less UKP 30 for return carriage)
that UKP 700 "EL34 Silver" valve amplifier,
MODIFIED IN ENGLAND, will sound better
than any TRANSISTOR amplifier selling for UKP 1,000 to UKP 10,000 !
(Price is NOT a guarantee of sound quality !
Some products are overpriced and pretentious. )
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less UKP 30 for return carriage)
UKP 1,000 "KT88 Triode Connection - Lim Signature"
(click here for more details) , MODIFIED IN ENGLAND,
and UKP 1,450 "KT88 Triode Connection - High End"
(click here for more details) , MODIFIED IN ENGLAND,
will sound better than most VALVES or TRANSISTOR / VALVE HYBRID or
TRANSISTOR
amplifiers selling for UKP 2,000 to UKP 20,000
( including 300B single ended amplifiers, KT88 single ended amplifiers,
6550 Ultra Linear push pull amplifiers, etc.)
Customers Review of "KT88 Triode Connection"
amplifiers (click here for more details)
(Price is NOT a guarantee of sound quality !
Some products are overpriced and pretentious. ) |
Our "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers are even better than our
"EL34 Silver" !
Customers Review of "KT88 Triode Connection"
amplifiers (click here for more details)
Click here
for Review of EL34 valve amplifier in Gramophone magazine
Click here for 18 Customers Reviews
of Model EL34 valve amplifier who prefers our EL34 Valve
amplifier to :-
£2,600 Naim preamp
/ power amp / Hicap ,
expensive Arcam
preamp & power amp
expensive Audiolab
preamp & power amp
very expensive Linn preamp
& power amp,
very expensive Quad preamp
& power amp ...........
which proves that expensive, well reviewed transistor preamp & power
amplifiers
still does not produce
the good old valve sound
Many valve amplifiers look the same, because there is a limit to
how many ways you can arrange 3 transformers, 4 big valves and 4 small
valves,
to fit on a small box !
Our valve amplifiers have been MODIFIED IN ENGLAND
with American GEC NOS JAN (military) small 5670 valves, SILVER MICA
capacitors, ferrite ring mains filter, etc.
THESE MODIFICATIONS MAKES OUR AMPLIFIER SOUND DIFFERENT
TO OTHER VALVE AMPLIFIERS (THAT LOOK THE SAME).
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for EXPORT customers
(might also be of interest to English Customers)
SMALL speakers are NOT designed for LARGE rooms
! (click here for more details)
Trust me, I am a Hi Fi Reviewer ( Part 1 - Introduction
)
Trust me, I am a Hi Fi Reviewer ( Part 2 - Listening
Panel Reviews )
Trust me, I am a Hi Fi Reviewer ( Part 3 - Boring
Technical Bits )
Richard Black's unprofessional review in Hi Fi
Choice Magazine
£600 Model EL34 Bright for Quad ESL-63
and Quad ESL-57
We often get emails from ABOARD saying that they have never heard of
us, or do we exist ?
For the more than 6 months,
we have half page advertisements in "Hi Fi News" magazine and "Hi Fi
Choice" magazine, since the May 2002 issue.
We will have half page advertisement in "Hi Fi World" magazine in the
December 2002 issue.
You will also find our TINY advertisement in some old magazines, over
the last 3 years.
We have been selling our EL34 valve amplifiers since 8th June 1999,
and our amplifiers have proven so reliable that
we have INCREASED OUR GUARANTEE FROM 1 YEAR TO 2 YEARS !
We guarantee EVERYTHING, including the valves !
We challenge our overpriced competitors to guarantee their valves for
2 years !
We answer our telephones 90% of the time from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. , 7 days
a week.
The other 10% of the time we are doing the banking, posting letters,
eating, etc !
Ask us to send you our FREE 20 pages colour brochure. It is easier to
read a printed page than the computer screen !
20 reasons why you should buy our valve amplifier
1. Guaranteed to cure the harsh sound of your
CD and metal cone / dome speakers,
or we will refund
your money (less £30 return carriage for 1 month home
trial) |
2. 40 watts Class A EL34 valve amplifiers
tuned with
6
SILVER capacitors,
American
Military 5670 valves,
Svetlana EL34,
Ferrite
ring mains filter on mains cable,
filter to reduce ultrasonic noise from CD players.
"EL34 Lim Signature" has additional tuning to control ultrasonic resonance
of "ultra linear" transformers
|
3. Massive transformers give more powerful
bass slam than most transistor amplifiers
and most
300B Single Ended amplifiers and most KT88 Single Ended amplifiers. |
4. We have signed Testimonial forms to prove
that
90% of our customers prefer our "warm and old-valve" sound of our :-
£600 Model "EL34 Silver"
or £900 Model "EL34 Lim Signature"
to the transistor amplifiers listed below :- |
Arcam
110 preamplifier and 120 power amplifier expensive
Hi-Fi
Choice recommended (1992)
Arcam
A85 Diva expensive What
Hi Fi 5 stars award winner + Hi Fi Choice Best Buy
Arcam
Alpha 10 expensive
What
Hi-Fi 5 stars Supertest winner (1999) + Hi
Fi Choice recommended
Arcam
Alpha |
Audiolab
8000A expensive
Hi-Fi Choice recommended (1992)
Audiolab
8000S/SX
expensive |
|
Audio Analogue Puccini SE |
|
Aura VA-100 |
|
Gamma Rhythm (Valve Single Ended amplifier) expensive |
|
Heybrook Signature preamplifier + power amplifier
expensive Hi-Fi
Choice recommended (1992) |
| Linn
LK1 preamplifier and LK2 power amplifier expensive |
|
Musical Fidelity Dr Thomas |
| Naim
NAC 72 , Hicap and NAP 180 very expensive
£2,600
serious money ! |
| Quad
34 preamplifier and Quad 405 power amplifier expensive |
|
Rotel RB971 power amplifier |
|
Spendor D40 ( Did you know that Spendor made amplifiers
? ) |
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The sound of our valve amplifiers and speakers are so good, that
we can offer
Money Back Guarantee
of excellent sound
(less £30 return carriage for 1 month home trial)
|
90% of our customers have bought and kept our valve amplifiers.
We have refunded money to 10% of our customers, who prefer transistorised
amplifiers. |
If you do not believe that valve amplifiers sound better than transistor
amplifiers,
we dare you to ask manufacturers of transistor amplifiers
to match our Money Back Guarantee !
|
Shops want 50% profit
|
You could buy our £900 amplifier in a shop for £1,350
or you could "buy direct" and "cut out the middleman" and
save £450 ! |
Rent and rates, wages, electricity, etc cost hundreds of pounds
a week,
so shop prices have to be much higher.
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| Click
here for the answers to all of
the following questions :-
Why should you buy a
valve amplifier ?
Why do valve / tube amplifiers
sound different to transistor amplifiers ?
"Hidden" distortion of transistorised
amplifiers
"Hidden" distortion of loudspeakers
If valve amplifiers are
so good , why aren't valve amplifiers
more popular ?
How much power do you
need ?
Cheaper valve amplifiers ?
Valve amplifier kits ? |
Affordable Valve Company , 11 Magdalen
Close , FREEPOST SEA0359 , Gillingham , Kent ME7 3BR
, England , United Kingdom
Telephone 01634 373410 anytime
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e-mail us at info@affordablevalvecompany.com
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28th August 1999
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