Spider27 1,106 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Item Condition: Excellente Shipping Options: Pickup available but audition is not available.,Shipping is available at agreed cost. Suburb or Town: VIC 3030 State: VIC Payment Method: Cash, EFT Reason for selling: NLR Further information: Letting this awesome Elekit TU-8500. It was beautifully built by Australian Authorised Dealer, RF Waves WA. (I wish I could built like this clean) and works perfectly. Condition is mint and there is no scratch or dent whatsoever and comes with original packaging. The original tubes have used very little hours so might still need a bit more burn in. Tried Phonostage and sounds great. I believe that a few SNAers improve even further by upgrading caps and opamps and tubes then competes far more expensive preamps. RF Waves currently sells $1,150 + $50 shipping so save some dough get mint condition one. Hope it goes to a good home and be loved. Thank you. Photos: Link to post Share on other sites
thejt 174 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 This is a fantastic pre, fast and detailed like Audio Research tube equipment. @Spider27 is a stand up seller too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BLAH BLAH 997 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Wrong colour!!! 😫 Link to post Share on other sites
Spider27 1,106 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 2 minutes ago, BLAH BLAH said: Wrong colour!!! 😫 😅 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Batty 5,152 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I have one of these, built it myself and this one is cheaper than the kit I bought. GLWS Spidey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dom V 16 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) These things are so good. Probably need to spend 3xmore to match the performance. I upgraded input caps, opamps and the tubes on mine. a Edited January 20 by Dom V 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Batty 5,152 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Just put JJ valves into mine today. Link to post Share on other sites
Wansmith 21 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Just put some new caps in mine only last weekend. There's lots of great reviews for it online as delivering unmatched price/performance. Doctor john cheaptubeaudio covers it in detail (6 part review series) and in the context of other high end equipment (including driving the japanese kondo ongaku): https://cheaptubeaudio.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-elekit-tu-8500-full-function.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Spider27 1,106 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Wow. There are more fellow SNAers than I thought have this and already well on their way further improving it. ☺️ Link to post Share on other sites
doogie44 670 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 You will always have the 'smirky smile' when you are playing your ELEKIT gear! GLWTS 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Spider27 1,106 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 My My... All those photos and reviews encouraging not to sell but mod/upgrade it further. Spidey is getting bitten by tinker bug ☺️ Out of curiosity, has any one tried Burson Opamp for upgrade path? Link to post Share on other sites
Wansmith 21 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 18 minutes ago, Spider27 said: My My... All those photos and reviews encouraging not to sell but mod/upgrade it further. Spidey is getting bitten by tinker bug ☺️ Out of curiosity, has any one tried Burson Opamp for upgrade path? This forum thread discusses various opamp options : https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/elekit/350640-tu-8500-phono-stage-upgrades-8.html From what I understand, the standard opamp upgrade most people do is OPA2227P (which is what I have done). If you can spend more money then apparently MUSE01 can provide better performance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chrisb0 10 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Are there any reviews that compare the phono stage to other common phono units? Link to post Share on other sites
Gazer01 75 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 PM sent please. Link to post Share on other sites
thejt 174 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Great to see so much enthusiasm for Elekit products here on SNA. They really do make wonderful products and are great value. Even better value preowned like this. Link to post Share on other sites
MrBurns84 531 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 14 hours ago, Wansmith said: Just put some new caps in mine only last weekend. There's lots of great reviews for it online as delivering unmatched price/performance. Doctor john cheaptubeaudio covers it in detail (6 part review series) and in the context of other high end equipment (including driving the japanese kondo ongaku): https://cheaptubeaudio.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-elekit-tu-8500-full-function.html Thos MCap supremes will be a very nice upgrade over the stock mundorfs.. Link to post Share on other sites
Mikahakk1 15 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) Just waiting for Mullard 12AT7 / ECC81 New Production Preamp Vacuum Tube Audience Auricap XO .47µF / 600V to upgrade it. Edited January 22 by Mikahakk1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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