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EXCELLENT SOUND QUALITY
EXCELLENT BUILD QUALITY
EXCELLENT AFFORDABILITY
Now you can treat
yourself to the rare musical listening pleasure provided by these unique
high quality power output tubes.
Jeff Brown from Affordable Audio reviews
an Elite80
Francisco Duran from Positive Feedback
reviews an
Elite80
Elite80 Amplifier -
$699.00MSRP
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Specs
Base Price
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special
Elite80 pricing!
"NEW"
Elite40SE Amplifier -
$899.00MSRP
"NEW"
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Base Price
We are pleased to announce we are now taking
orders for this amplifier.
Contact us now for details about available
options
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Elite80 &
Elite40SE CUSTOMIZING OPTIONS
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Option #
for more info on each)
OPTION 1 - Dual Volume
Potentiometer & Balance Control - $85.00.
OPTION 2 - L&R combined sub-woofer
output jack - $65.00.
OPTION 3 - Stereo
Headphone Jack - Non-Switching - $75.00.
OPTION 4 - Stereo
Headphone Jack - Switching - $95.00.
OPTION 5 - Second Set of RCA
Rear Input Jacks - $85.00.
OPTION 6 - 3 Position Input Selector Switch and 3 Pairs RCA Jacks - $175.00.
OPTION 7 - Second set of 4 Ohm
Output Jacks - rear mounted - $95.00.
OPTION 8 - Output Impedance
4-8-16 Ohm Selector
Switches - rear mounted - $185.00.
OPTION 9 - R.F. Remote Control
for Power, Volume, & Standby or Headphones - $259.00.
OPTION 10 - Oak Hardwood Front Panel
- (Other hardwood options available)
- $80.00.
OPTION 11 - Spare tube set of 2
Matched pairs of 6AV5GA & 2 of 6N2P or 12AX7
- $99.00.
OPTION 12 - Extended Warranty -
Not including spare tube set - 2
Year Total - $89.00.
OPTION 13 - Extended Warranty -
Includes 1 Tube set - 5
Year Total - $199.00.
OPTION 14 - Extended
Warranty - Includes 2 Tube sets - 25 Year Total - $299.00.
OPTION 15 - Make Your Elite80 a
Fully Loaded "SUPER DELUXE" - An "Elite80-SD"
- $699.00.
OPTION 16 - International,
Heavy Duty,100,120,200,240Volt 50/60HZ Power Supply - $199.00.
You don't see it on the option list?
Just ask us
about your idea - we can do it.
PLEASE NOTE:
Prices for all "OPTIONS" are additional
to the advertised or base price
of the Elite80 and Elite40SE.
The 6AV5GA / 6FW5 Blog
We really like the performance and sound quality of the
Philips-ECG (Sylvania) 6AV5GA in the
Elite80
and Elite40SE
amplifiers. From info we have gathered these are actually an
upgraded military version of 6FW5's labeled as 6AV5GA's. The 6FW5 is a much heavier dissipation tube
than your standard 6AV5GA.
This heavy duty version of the 6AV5GA also has the top getter which
silvers uniformly only the top portion of the envelope, making the
tube's appearance also very cool looking. This 6AV5GA is a very
well manufactured tube, made in the USA, by Sylvania in Emporium, PA in
1984. They are a very robust design with cathodes larger than a
KT88’s. Originally made for demanding military applications these
ideal power tubes provide unrivalled sonic performance in the correct
audio circuit, at least in our opinion, and we believe yours too once
you listen with this amp.
So several years back we did some R&D of our own
just to see
what could be done with these things. We found a small stash of
these Philips-ECG (Sylvania) 6AV5GA’s and got busy in the lab. And with a
good number of hours and a number of circuits later we began to
see - actually hear - what this deflection tube hype was all about.
Operating these output tubes modestly
as we do makes an amplifier that not only
sounds very nice, but will also last a long, long time.
In fact we have recently had the opportunity to
inspect and upgrade one of the first Elite80's we built, and with over
5000 hours of reported running time on these Sylvania 6AV5GA's there was
no sign of sonic degradation, so we sent it home with the original tubes
still going strong!! If you look around on the web you’ll find an ever
expanding, near cult, listener following of horizontal sweep tubes and interest seems to be spreading.
To make a long story short, these particular
deflection tubes are SIMPLY AMAZING.
In our Elite80 & Elite40SE amplifiers they display everything one wants in full range clean music
reproduction. We have since secured a large number (actually
1000's) of these
NOS premium quality 6AV5GA’s so there's no need to worry about the
supply. We have the ability to maintain and support
your investment for years.
Our 25 Year Extended Warranties clearly demonstrate our
level of confidence in the Elite80's.
SOME INFO LINKS ON 6FW5 & 6AV5GA
(Practices at these links are not endorsed by Ideal
Innovations-just observed)
Testing the 6AV5GA & 6FW5
Bogen DB-130 Amplifier
Bogen DB-230A Amplifier
Bogen DB-230A Amplifier
AudioKarma Article1
Audio Asylum Article1
McIntosh Labs Article1
Sylvania 6AV5GA Datasheet
Tungsol 6FW5 Datasheet
General Electric 6FW5 Datasheet
Elite4 STEREO PREAMPLIFIERS
Elite4
- $1199.00
Elite4+ - $1299.00
(Both 100% Hand Wired)
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SHIPPING COSTS
MOST USA and CANADIAN DESTINATIONS
Elite Series-$55.00 per
unit via Canada Post / USPS.
Please inquire for other shipping methods and prices.
Please Note: Ideal
Innovations reserves the right to make design changes or
improvements without the obligation to revise prior versions. All
specifications are
subject to change without notice. The information on this page applies to these
particular units
only as
some models will vary and may not be exactly as
shown.
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