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Balanced Audio Technology VK-5i tube preamp with remote

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Ships fromSpring, TX, 77382
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions27.0" × 23.0" × 11.0" (78.0 lbs.)
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Balanced Audio Technology VK-5i tube preamplifier with remote

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INCLUDED:

Remote control (also controls BAT CD players)

Original box

Original manual

Power cord

Low hour tubes plus spare tubes (see details below)

5' upgraded power cord from popular DIY recipe (Belden 19364 wire, Marinco 8215TRA plug, Schurter 8943.W IEC; materials cost ~$45)

BAT RCA-XLR (M and F) adapters (MRSP $100 to 180 depending on the web article). "Banded in donuts of Teflon, BAT XLR/RCA adapters are among the best in the business, and are perfect for hooking up components with single-ended connectors." http://www.stereophile.com/tubepreamps/1299bat/

3rd party brand RCA-XLR (F) adapters

Sturdy custom built wood crate (if you want it).

Price includes PayPal fee

Price does not include shipping.

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CONDITION:

Very good condition.

Tubes have between 100 and 400 hours since new.

BAT replaced output capacitors and a cracked tube socket in June 2014 and "tested and readjusted the unit"

A small amount of silkscreen is missing from the remote control

Tubes (used between 100 and 400 hours):
2) 5881 - Sovtek current production
8) 6922 - Electro-Harmonix current production

Spare tubes (used over 5 years but fully functional):
2) 5881 - Tung-Sol JAN-CTL-6L6WGB
6) 6922 - Amperex USN CEP 7308 (USA made in 1960's)
1) 6922 - Sovtek
1) 6922 - "Russia"
If these weren't used they would likely be worth between $500 and $1,000.

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FEATURES:

Fully balanced, dual mono topology

Rated 2 Hz - 300 kHz -3db

Enormous power supplies: 95 Joules energy storage per channel

4 power capacitors and one toroidal transformer per channel

Only 1 tube in the signal path

Electronic shunt volume control (only one vishay bulk metal foil resistor in the path at a time)

Machined aluminum remote control (VK-R2) with preprogrammed volume levels; also operates BAT CD players

Soft start filament heating

Unity gain setting for home theater systems

Tube compliment (per channel):
4 ea 6922
1 ea 5881

5 pair balanced XLR inputs

3 pair balanced XLR outputs

Input impedence: 100 kOhms

Output impedence: 1kOhm

Can deliver a perfect sinewave into an input impedance as low as 100 Ohms - will drive virtually any power amplifier to full output without distortion

Gain: 18 dB

Distortion: .01% at 2V rms output

Maximum output: 50V rms

Polarity: non-inverting

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SHIPPING:

Shipping according to Buyer's choice, at Buyer's cost from zip code 77382

According to Audiogon's shipping estimator:

FACTORY BOX ONLY (24.5 x 20.5 x 10, 45 lbs):

USPS:
Parcel Select $67
Priority $64
Express $178

UPS:
Ground $50
3 Day Select $160

FedEx
Ground Home Delivery $53
Express Saver $147

WOOD CRATE and FACTORY BOX (27 x 23 x 11, 78 lbs):

USPS:
N/A

UPS:
Ground $77
3 Day Select $266

FedEx
Ground Home Delivery $79
Express Saver $235

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REVIEWS:

Stereophile

The current VK-5i is a tour de force of technical sophistication, providing sound quality of the highest order and a user-friendly interface. I love it!

http://www.stereophile.com/content/balanced-audio-technology-vk-5-preamplifier-vk-6075-power-amplifiers-vk-5iii-april-1997

Home Theater Hi Fi

This is one of the most exquisite products I have ever had the pleasure to test, and now, to own. It has become one of our reference components.

In summary, the Balanced Audio VK-5i sets new standards of construction and sound in the high-performance ("high-end") audio market. It's not surround sound, not THX, not DD, not DTS. None of those things. It is just plain fantastic.

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_4_4/balaudiovk5i.html

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