Ā£5.5K on eBay and he looses fees. Ā£6K from a forum.
Exemplary, somewhat in love with this.
Yes its tempting.
Heās just assuming heās going to be massively lowballed on a forum. Wise.
Of course that NEVER happens on eBay
Might be better to put Ā£4750 firm
That sounds like a good buy @ Ā£4,750. It might sell relatively quickly if advertised like that.
Is that not pretty-much what they originally retailed for?
Decent amp, if ~18W is enough for you, but seems very a stiff price.
I think they were a little more, however they are rare-ish and I donāt see many for sale.
Yep, US$4000 in 2018. Iām sure itās a damn good amp, but there donāt tend to be vast sonic differences between NPās various First Watt issues.
Ah well, weāll be hearing from Captain Birdshit in due course, heās certainly got the right speakers for itā¦
Good idea, that sort of language means that nobody ever tries to put in a stupid offer in a forum thread rather than a pm.
People are ghastly
These people, these people are the same people who try to get a ādealā in Oxfam.
You bought the over priced First watt yet?
Why would I? I have a very, very similar First Watt power amp that cost me less than half that, and when I want it to sound slightly better I will pull it to pieces and rebuild it with better parts.
It was on ebay originally at Ā£6.5k. I suspect he has forgotten to amend the forum price, as the ebay price drop has only occurred recently
Probably right
Forum post yesterday at 3:30 by MCRU bloke.
Agree - Iāve seen all kinds of user review/ bake off comparisons between the various First Watt designs that try to tell you that they each sound markedly different to one another, but in reality the differences are pretty subtle, even for these āgolden earedā typesā¦
Yep. The man himself says as much, and he actually knows what heās talking about, so good enough for me. Iāve no doubt itās a great amp - probably a nose ahead of the J2 - but seems steep all the same. I suppose a thing is always worth what someone will pay, and thereās no way of obtaining one except used.