Surviving a fire...

Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile

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This weekend I picked up a wonderfull and very exclusive Class A high end amplifier that survived a fire.....

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This Duson amp was hand build by a small factory in the Netherlands till 2001, and this one will be restored to new in the next few weeks.

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After taking away the cover this showed up, and surprisingly enough there's only some dirt (caused by the smoke) on the outside.

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This amp survived it, and during some first tests previous to the cleaning work it sounded AWESOME!


The pic. below shows how the complete set looked when it was new:

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All state of the art components with an incredible sound!
 
Miles: A hand-built amplifier is a scarcity and well worth the time and effort to preserve. What are the other components in the stack of matching Dusons - preamplifier, tuner, or CDP?

Nando.
 
Very unique looking.
Those are some serious heat sinks.
What is it rated for ?

Dennis
 
Rat44 said:
Very unique looking.
Those are some serious heat sinks.
What is it rated for ?

Dennis
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Being a Class A amplifier that design developed a lot of heat. Many of the old car stereo amplifiers used large finned heat sinks.

Nando.
 
Cook eggs and bacon on that puppy so a fire should only have made it feel welcome
 
Still wqarming up , had not reached red hot yet...
 
Miracle Mile said:
This weekend I picked up a wonderfull and very exclusive Class A high end amplifier that survived a fire.....

PA75C.jpg


This Duson amp was hand build by a small factory in the Netherlands till 2001, and this one will be restored to new in the next few weeks.



After taking away the cover this showed up, and surprisingly enough there's only some dirt (caused by the smoke) on the outside.



This amp survived it, and during some first tests previous to the cleaning work it sounded AWESOME!


The pic. below shows how the complete set looked when it was new:



All state of the art components with an incredible sound!
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Now that is a Flame Linear...
 
I was gonna say Lee's PL's getting cranked make that puppy look like it makes ice cubes. After all what good is an amp if it can't heat the room. :rabbit:
 
Elite-ist said:
Miles: A hand-built amplifier is a scarcity and well worth the time and effort to preserve. What are the other components in the stack of matching Dusons - preamplifier, tuner, or CDP?

Nando.
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Those are the CD player and the Tuner.
I have them both here as well with the same issue, but the CD player is like new again after a day of work:

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Oh, you have the whole stack with you, Miles. Was it a friend of yours which had the house fire? Although I have contents insurance, I most likely would have a tough time replacing what we own. I hope everyone was OK and didn't get hurt in the fire.

Nando.
 
Elite-ist said:
Oh, you have the whole stack with you, Miles. Was it a friend of yours which had the house fire? Although I have contents insurance, I most likely would have a tough time replacing what we own. I hope everyone was OK and didn't get hurt in the fire.

Nando.
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Yup, the whole stack!

This is the tuner as a puzzle:

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Everyone was OK, so don't worry!
After the total restauration it will get back to the owner.
 
That's good to hear. Another one of your Miles' Makeover projects. When I see the battleship grey components and minimalistic styling cues, I think of the classic NAD line.

Nando.
 
Yes, it looks a bit like NAD.

The main difference is that these Duson components are from a much higher level than NAD.
 
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