BAT VK-200

BAT VK-200. The amp is in great condition. Rated 8 just as the chart states. Technically its a one owner, as I purchased it a short time ago. very well built and incredibly musical. Please note that BATs use balanced (XLR) only. However, you can use a balanced --> RCA adapter for unbalanced lines. Available from BAT or your local HiFi shop.

If interested, please send me your email at csinfosys AT gmail.com and i would be happy to send pictures over. AC power cord showmen is not included. PayPal is fine, please ad 3% to cover. Will be double boxed and insured. Please note this is a 58lbs amp.

REVIEW NOTES:

The $3495 VK-200 (a 100-watt-per-channel solid-state design that is–like all BAT designs–fully balanced) is one of those amplifiers that seems not to know that its power is supposed to be limited.

 The tune, "Monk’s Mood," beautifully illustrates all that I found so musically right with this pre/power combo from BAT (Balanced Audio Technology). The sound of Monk’s piano is, dynamically (and therefore rhythmically), extremely agile, making his cat-like starts and stops and singular sense of timing and accentuation such an engaging musical experience that I imagined the great pianist rising from his stool and dancing dervish-like around the room the way I remember him doing in the documentary film Straight, No Chaser.