"Ivan" wrote in message
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"bugbear" wrote in message
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Ivan wrote:

I had an old Rogers valve amp which I was going to 'dispose' of, however
my daughter put it on ebay where it fetched £130, purchased by a very
nice gentleman in Japan, however it cost over £90.00 just to send it to
him!


The Far East has a number of hi-fi enthusiasts
who will pay big money for classic vintage valve
gear; a local guy used to have a business
buying in the UK, selling in the far East,
via a web site.


In the 1960s my mate used to be a engineer for Radford electronics and
owns a very nice Radford 30/30 valved stereo amplifier complete with
preamp from the period.
I've been trying to get him to put it on ebay, as he might just as well
make a few bob whilst he still has the chance, especially as he hasn't
used it in recent times and probably never will.

Radford is the most sought after of all the UK valve amps.
They command prices higher that Leak, and much higher
than Quad. With the exception of the above, plus
Kerr McCosh, Lowther, and Shirley Laboratories,
the others are really worth much.

I don't know the 30/30 model to which you refer. The STA25 was
a 25W push pull EL34 amp, and their best seller. The 15W version
(usually monobloc also sold well) The STA 100 stereo amp is
very rare indeed.


Iain