SAE Mark XXX Pre

[Fishoz]

Any opinions????

Local sale here - $300
Overpriced...iMO
Ugly....IMO

But how good is it????

 

[laatsch55]

Pics??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[Fishoz]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-SAE...831707?hash=item1eab97329b:g:bssAAOSwwPhWl-KN

 

[laatsch55]

No.....you can get an Acurus for that....

 

[Fishoz]

Gonna have to give up the adcom soon....Acurus' are hard to come by.

Starting to see what my possible options are....

 

[Fishoz]

I don't think he can get $150 for it.....don't even think I would go more than $100.

 

[laatsch55]

Early model with pushbuttons. Probably comparable to a PL 2000.......

 

[laatsch55]

Gonna have to give up the adcom soon....Acurus' are hard to come by.

Starting to see what my possible options are....

Go an auto-search on Acurus on the bay??

 

[Fishoz]

Been looking for a couple months. Plenty of Act 1's and others, one RL 11 (local) teamed with an amp for $769, asked if he'd separate...no response..sold in two days.

 

[laatsch55]

Damn......

 

[R1200S]

I had to buy my RL11 (missing remote) with an A150 amp out of L.A., off Craigslist. I was lucky enough to have a friend make the transaction locally and ship across the country to me. R10's show up more often if you can live w/o the remote. You might also think about an Aragon 24 or 28.

If you buy that SAE you're gonna need some Heyco pliers!!!

 

[Fishoz]

The local RL 11 was also paired with an A150 - $769.

Gotta keep looking.

 

[laatsch55]

I have the LS-11, remote-less RL-11.....

 

[fitz43]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-SAE...831707?hash=item1eab97329b:g:bssAAOSwwPhWl-KN

I had one of those many years ago. Bought it new. Replaced it with a Spectro Acoustic P-101 ( that I still have)

 

[orange]

My XXX cost $10 but it was a deceased parrot. Too bad, I had wanted an SAE product.

I think $299 is too much though when there is a Nikko Beta sitting at $229.

 

[R1200S]

I have the LS-11, remote-less RL-11.....

Lee, I don't know about you but it was pretty easy to get a universal remote to run that RL11. I know that it's in the Logitech equipment catalog.

 

[laatsch55]

The LS 11 is remoteless by design....no motors inside that bugger...

 

[fitz43]

My XXX cost $10 but it was a deceased parrot. Too bad, I had wanted an SAE product.

I think $299 is too much though when there is a Nikko Beta sitting at $229.

or the lower end GAS pre (James Bongiorno roots: http://www.tnt-audio.com/edcorner/january13.html)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thalia-II-P...346524?hash=item1a0de64d1c:g:64UAAOSwUuFWvNyM

 

[Fishoz]

That's an interesting thought...gonna have to research.

 

[Elite-ist]

I have to take my Pioneer Elite C-72 preamplifier in to clear up a slight distortion coming out of the left channel. In the meantime, I pulled out an SAE 2100L preamplifier I had never hooked up before, but had sitting on the shelf for the past 9, or so years. I wanted to see if it would work well enough for me to use as a replacement for my C-72, while it was in being serviced. I tried it in the laundry room using my Pioneer SX-D7000 as a power amplifier. It was quite a chore to configure the wiring as the SAE preamp actually powers the speakers, so the power amp's speaker outputs feed into the SAE and the speakers are each fed from the preamp. I had it working for about 5+ hours today and it seems to be working great.

I don't know whether this would be an option for you, Dave, as I haven't checked the current pricing on an SAE 2100L, but it sure is something special.

And a little video clip of it playing today. Don't expect very good sq from my handheld digital camera, but it will give you an idea of it in action:

Click on image to play video:

Nando.