VAC Valve Amplification Co Phi 200 with extras

This unit was manufactured in 2013 and is in excellent aesthetic and operating condition. I am the second owner and I had VAC install Sentry Circuit protection about one year ago for $550 (see pic of receipt). This unit also has an acrylic dust cover, comes with VAC 6SN7's, a quad of Penta SC KT88 and an additional quad of gently used Gold Lion KT88's.

Description

The Phi 200 is a 100Wpc power amplifier with speaker taps for loads of 1-2, 2-4, and 4-8 ohms. Its tube complement consists of four KT88s and four 6SN7s. Though it can be easily converted for use as a 200W monoblock via a mode switch on the rear panel, I never used it that way. Fully balanced in its circuitry, the Phi 200 has both XLR and RCA input modes, and its gains are a claimed 36dB single-ended or 30dB balanced. The input and driver stages are the class-A, direct-coupled, low-mu triode circuits originally developed for VAC's Phi 300 amp (150Wpc). The bandwidth claims are impressive: 13Hz-70kHz power bandwidth and a frequency response of 4Hz-75kHz.

The Phi 200 is large -- 17.8"W x 8.75"H x 17.8"D -- and weighs 90 pounds. Most of its weight is in the rear, where the massive, custom-wound transformers are mounted. The nonmagnetic chassis is 2.4mm thick and comes in an impressive black powdercoat. The 9mm-thick faceplate comes in black lacquer with gold flecks, or silver lacquer with the chassis in contrasting black powdercoat. The VAC logo, on a handsome piece of recessed glass on the front panel, is backlit in blue when the amp is switched on. All in all, the look is clean, post-utilitarian, and very attractive.