Affordable Valve Company
THE BEST Valve / Tube Amplifiers and THE BEST Speakers
or MONEY REFUNDED (less shipping charges. equipment returned during 1 month home trial.)
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HELP = Question and Answers about valve / tube amplifiers = NEW for 2013
NEW 2013 PHONE NUMBERS =  much nicer ,  new factory in seaside town of Margate England ( CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTO )
new GBP £850 or GBP 1150 or GBP 2150 'Ultra High End' speaker
Updated on 12 October 2013          Some of the new articles on our huge informative (but untidy) website
                           Please click on the underlined items for more details.
HELP = Question and Answers about valve / tube amplifiers = NEW for 2013
 Unbelievable claims about amplifiers from Naim , Classe , Icon Audio , Prima Luna
'Ruark speakers' wants GBP £1500 for TAC 834 (reviewed in Hi Fi World magazine) which look like our GBP £1000 Audio Institute VR-200. SAVE A WHOPPING GBP £500 + get 2 YEARS GUARANTEE ON THE VALVES (matched by our UNIQUE COMPUTERIZED VALVE TESTER for bias and transconductance)
Are you fed up with the nonsensical hype about SMALL 6 inch speaker, like Quad 22L ?
 Ha Ha ! somebody claiming 10 kilogram (lightweight for valve amp) Leben EL84 (low powered valve) can drive 12 inch woofers of Yamaha NS-1000M
How to get good superb bass from valve / tube amplifier + speakers + CD or turntable
 Latest 2005 REVIEWS by satisfied customers of our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve / tube amplifiers (click here for more details)
Why we do NOT recommend very efficient speaker   help.htm#29dec2006
SMALL 6 inch speakers cannot cope with 3 watts of deep bass, below 100 Hertz  help.htm#powerneeded1help.htm#powerneeded2
Money back guarantee (less shipping cost. equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that
our GBP £408 or GBP £850 INTEGRATED amplifiers are better than most valve / tube MONOBLOCK amplifiers   help#monoblock1  and  help#audion1


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Affordable Valve Company
Chinatown or Lim Aik Leong Signature valve / tube amplifiers
are the BEST AMPLIFIERS IN THE WORLD
or MONEY REFUNDED (less shipping charges. equipment returned during 1 month home trial.)
( MONEY BACK GUARANTEE to be MUCH MUCH MUCH better than
GBP £100 to GBP £100000 'Class A' or 'Class B' transistor amplifiers,
digital amplifiers, hybrid amplifier, 'Class D' amplifiers,
monoblocks help#audion1  , pre / power / monoblocks / power supply, etc
If you build an amplifier with a SUPERB power supply,
like our 8 kilogram mains power transformer + choke / inductors,
in our GBP £850+ valves amplifiers,
you do NOT need to 'muck about' with upgrading the power supply !
( It is naive to believe that more expensive amplifiers MUST sound better ! )
 

Affordable Valve Company
Chinatown or Lim Aik Leong Signature speakers
are the BEST LOUDSPEAKERS IN THE WORLD
or MONEY REFUNDED ( less shipping charges. equipment returned during 1 month home trial )
( MONEY BACK GUARANTEE to be MUCH MUCH MUCH better than any speakers of SIMILAR SIZE OR SMALLER. )
( Please do NOT compare our SMALLEST speakers with our competitors BIGGEST speakers.)
( It is naive to believe that more expensive speakers MUST sound better ! )
 

Updated on 26 December 2006 = Unbelievable claims about amplifiers from Naim , Classe , Icon Audio , Prima Luna

Website update on 14 January 2006    Latest 2005 REVIEWS by satisfied customers of our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve / tube amplifiers (click here for more details)






















Message in September 2006 = Beware of fakes.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Class-A-EL34-triode-connect-Integrated-valve-amplifier_W0QQitemZ120033328056QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3280QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
was NOT bought from Affordable Valve Company for GBP £650 1 and a half years ago.

It does NOT even have our name on the front panel.

It is NOT Triode Connected.  Our Triode Connected amplifiers sound MUCH BETTER.

I have already complained to eBay.
 
 

The 12 most important articles in our website are :-
Mr Andrew Everard review in Gramophone magazine (click here for more details)
Customers testimonials for "EL34" valve amplifier (click here for more details)
Customers testimonial for "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)
Why should you buy a valve amplifier ? (click here for more details)
Can our £700 valve amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ?
Can our £700 ultra linear valve amplifier sound as good as £3,000 ultra linear valve amplifiers ?
Why you do NOT need separate preamplifier and power amplifier (click here for more details)
How can 100 watt amplifiers can damage your hearing ?
 Leave the upgrading to the professionals. KT88 valves , 6550 valves , 300B valves ,
"Click stop" volume control , Alps volume control , Panasonic volume control ,
"stepped" attenuator , heavy duty selector switch. (click here for more details.)
Magma , Vincent T.A.C 34 , T.A.C. 88 valve amplifiers are different to Affordable Valve Company amplifiers.
Reliability, repairs, replacement valves and second hand amplifiers (click here for more details)
FAQ Frequently asked Questions - Is your valve / tube amplifier suitable for my speakers , my CD players , what Phono stage do you recommend ?

 
 
Unbelievable claims about amplifiers from  Icon Audio , Prima Luna , Naim , Classe ,
There are dealers in Internet Forum, pretending to be innocent members of the public,
making absurd claims that that Icon Audio valve amplifiers and Prima Luna valve amplifier
sound better than our amplifier. These claims are absurd and nonsensical.
Please see below for our 1 month home trail,
which will prove that our competitors dealers claims are absurd and nonsensical.
... 2006 issue of Hi Fi News magazine makes unbelievable claims that
the "BEST AMPLIFIERS" are GBP £ 1000 Naim Audio Nait 5i TRANSISTOR amplifier
and GBP £ 4000 (or GBP £2500 in America) Classe Audio CAP-2100 TRANSISTOR amplifier
( Classe Audio CAP-2100 sells for USD $ 4900 , about GBP £ 2500 in America,     )
( but an astonishing GBP £ 4000 in England !  Hummm ....... )
Is Classe Audio CAP-2100 worth GBP £ 4000 or GBP £ 2500 ?
Please read ......   http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-3211.html
Please read ......  Can our £700 valve amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ?
Most SERIOUS Hi Fi enthusiast (with 'standard' taste)
will agree that 
'Push Pull' 'Ultra Linear' or 'Triode Connection' VALVE AMPLIFIERS with
LARGE output transformers and EXCELLENT BASS and does NOT hum,
REALISTIC  LIFELIKE human voices (without irritating, exaggerated sibilance)
(when a woman say 'his' , it sound like 'hisssssssk')
SWEET TREBLE (without losing the treble details)
sounds better than TRANSISTOR amplifiers.
Relatively few SERIOUS Hi Fi enthusiast
with SERIOUS equipment (i.e. NOT tiny 5 inch speaker or SMALL 6 inch speaker)
( Please note that most SERIOUS speakers, over GBP £5000, are NOT small 6 inch speakers )
will say that they prefer TRANSISTOR amplifiers,
after they heard
a SERIOUS MODERN High End 'Fixed / Adjustable bias' VALVE amplifier
with EXCELLENT BASS from HUGE output transformers.
( Many old 'automatic bias' valve amplifier have lousy bass or woolly bass + warm fussy sound, )
( especially if the old valves have been used for 10 years !                                                         )
Some owners of our superb sounding "High End" and 'Ultra High End' valve amplifier
might disagree with Hi Fi News claims
that GBP £ 1000 and GBP £ 2500 (or inflated GBP £ 4000)
integrated TRANSISTOR amplifier are better ?BEST? than
their superb sounding Affordable Valve Company 'High End' and 'Ultra High End' 
'Triode Connection' 'push pull' VALVE amplifiers
that are the BEST AMPLIFIERS IN THE WORLD
or MONEY REFUNDED (less shipping cost. equipment returned during 1 month home trial)
Please read
Customers testimonials for "EL34 Ultra Linear" valve amplifier (click here for more details)
Customers testimonial for "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)
with reviews from our customers who prefer our superb sounding "High End" valve amplifier
to "High End" TRANSISTOR pre amplifier / power amplifiers / monoblocks / separate power supply
... 2006 issue of Hi Fi News magazine makes unbelievable claims that
the "BEST AMPLIFIERS" are GBP £ 1000 Naim Audio Nait 5i TRANSISTOR amplifier
and GBP £ 4000 (or GBP £2500 in America) Classe Audio CAP-2100 TRANSISTOR amplifier
( Classe Audio CAP-2100 sells for USD $ 4900 , about GBP £2 500 in America,     )
( but an astonishing GBP £ 4000 in England !  Hummm ....... )
I think that some of our customers might disagree with Hi Fi News magazine 
because
one of our customers had Naim pre / power
and another customer had Classe pre / power.
and another customer had Musical Fidelity pre + monoblocks.
These customer wanted to 'dip their toes into the water'
to see / hear if the hype about valve / tube amplifiers were true,
so they bought our GBP £250 'starter' valve amplifier on 1 month home trial.
All 3 of these customer preferred our hilariously priced GBP £250 valve amplifier.
This sound unbelievable until you read my article called
Can our £700 valve amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ?
1 of these customer have upgraded our GBP £250 amplifier to our GBP £408 amplifier for a very reasonable price,
and he is pleased with the upgrade.
2 of these customer kept our GBP £250 valve amplifier for many months,
before taking the plunge and upgraded to our more expensive GBP £1000+ valve amplifiers.
2 of these customers got about 80 percent 'trade in' price for our GBP £250 valve amplifier,
because they were upgrading to a very expensive amplifier.
We CANNOT give you 80 percent 'trade in'
if you are upgrading from our GBP £250 valve amplifier to our GBP £650 valve amplifier
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
our GBP £250 VALVE amplifier will sound 2 times to 100 times better
(depending on how fussy you are) than 
GBP £ 4000 ( or an unbelievable GBP £ 2500 in America ) Classe Audio CAP-2100 TRANSISTOR amplifier
that Hi Fi News magazine unbelievably claim to be the 'Best amplifier'.  Ha ! Ha ! Very funny.
GBP £1000 Naim Nait 5i essentially 'Class B bias' TRANSISTOR amplifier
that Hi Fi News magazine unbelievably claim to be the 'Best amplifier'.  Ha ! Ha ! Very funny.
GBP £50 to GBP £100000 DIGITAL amplifiers / CLASS D amplifiers
GBP £500 to GBP £100000 HYBRID amplifiers
GBP £500 to GBP £100000 TRANSISTOR amplifiers / pre / power 
/ monoblock / power supply
There is no need to 'mess about' with upgrading power supply,
if the amplifier was designed and built with a SERIOUS power supply.
Like our main power transformer (in our more expensive amplifiers)
that weighs 8 kilogram (about the weight of a COMPLETE transistor 'typical' amplifier)
+ high voltage 1 Henry choke / inductor (in our more expensive amplifiers)
+ high voltage capacitors.
Musical Fidelity did NOT invent chokes / inductors for power supply !
Does your expensive 'Flat Cap' or 'High Cap' power supply
have High Voltage 1 Henry chokes / inductors ?
High Voltage 1 Henry chokes / inductors 
is the equivalent of High Voltage 1,000,000 micro farad capacitor.
Many transistor amplifier boost of LOW voltage 50,000 micro farad capacitors,
which stores much much much much less energy !
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
our GBP £250 VALVE amplifier will sound 2 times to 10 times better 
(depending on how fussy you are) than 
GBP £600 Icon Audio valve amplifier and
GBP £700 to GBP £1200 Prima Luna valve amplifiers (including Prima Luna Monoblocks) and Audion monoblocks  help#audion1
(Please compare the size of the output transformers)
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges.
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
our GBP £408 VALVE amplifier will sound 2 times to 10 times better
(depending on how fussy you are)  than 
GBP £900 to GBP £1800 Icon Audio valve amplifier 
(Please compare the size of the output transformers)
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less shipping charges. 
equipment returned during 1 month home trial) that .......
our GBP £750 to GBP £1400 'Triode connection' VALVE amplifier 
will sound 2 to 10 times better (depending on how fussy you are) than .....
GBP £3000 to GBP £100000 'Ultra Linear' VALVE amplifiers 
like Audio Research (same British distributor as Prima Luna)
(There is a difference between 'High Price' and High End'.)
(It is naive to assume that expensive amplifiers sound better than cheap amplifiers.)
(Please compare the size of the output transformers.)
GBP £3000 to GBP £100000 hyped up 300B , 845, etc 'Single Ended' valve amplifiers
like GBP £30000 to GBP £60000 Audio Note Ongaku
Most Single ended amplifier have lousy bass.
Many Single Ended amplifier hums !
For all practical intent and purposes,
our superior valve amplifier have do NOT hum,
unless you put your ear next to the speaker
(There is a difference between 'High Price' and High End'.)
(It is naive to assume that expensive amplifiers sound better than cheap amplifiers.)
(Please compare the size of the output transformers.)
Why don't you ask for 1 month home trial of amplifiers
from Naim , Classe , Icon Audio, Prima Luna, Audio Research and us
and make up your own mind.
If their amplifiers are so good, they will not be afraid of a 1 month home trial.
Please tell the dealer that you will be auditioning their valve or transistor amplifier against
a GENUINE 'Affordable Valve Company' Triode Connection valve amplifier
MODIFIED IN ENGLAND BY LIM AIK LEONG (beware of fakes),
and you should be able to hear the dealer cringe !
IF I AM LYING, WILL I OFFER YOU 1 MONTH HOME TRIAL,
AND LOSE MONEY BECAUSE I WILL END UP WITH USED VALVE AMPLIFIERS,
IF OUR VALVE AMPLIFIER SOUND WORSE ?

 
New articles added to the website. 
Much more interesting and thought provoking than many Hi Fi magazines.
Better advice and more technically correct than most Hi Fi magazines (which are usually filled with absurd technical errors)
Example of typical advice in Hi Fi magazines
Readers SMALL 6 inch speakers
cannot imitate / reproduce HUGE 22 inch kick bass drum and HUGE 32 inch kettle drums 
cannot fill HUGE 20 feet rooms with LOUD BASSy music.
Typical Hi Fi magazines advice is 
change the CD player, interconnect, loudspeakers cable, etc.
Please could somebody explain to me ..........
how can changing the CD player, interconnect, speaker cable, etc.
make SMALL 6 inch speakers imitate / reproduce HUGE 22 inch kick bass drum
and HUGE 32 inch timpani / kettle drums and fill HUGE 20 feet room with LOUD BASSy music ?
SERIOUS bass instruments must be huge.
Likewise, SERIOUS bass speakers and cabinets must be huge.
Just look at GBP £6000 huge B&W Nautilus 802 or GBP £13000 huge B&W Nautilus 800
How about some sane advice like .......
WELL DESIGNED (that need not be expensive) BIG 10 inch woofers in BIG cabinets
are better suited to imitating / reproducing HUGE 22 inch kick bass drums
and HUGE 32 inch timpani / kettle drums.
More sensible advice at help.htm#10sep2006
New in December 2006 = Recommended valve / tube amplifier for GBP £1440 ProAc Studio 140 
'2 and half way' speakers help.htm#11dec2006
Can valve / tube amplifiers drive 6 inch speakers ? help.htm#10sep2006
Ultra High End '3 way' speakers with 10 inch woofer (for bass that is 10 times better than small 6 inch speakers)
+ 5 inch separate dedicated coated paper midrange (for VERY REALISTIC HUMAN VOICES)
+ 1 inch soft dome tweeter (for sweeter treble than metal domes)
More information at 10_5_1.htm
New in October 2006 = The sound of  EL84 valves versus EL34 valves at  help.htm#vel84

 
 

Website update on 20 January 2006      Important buying advice

Latest 2005 REVIEWS by satisfied customers of our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve / tube amplifiers (click here for more details)

FAQ Frequently asked Questions - Is your valve / tube amplifier suitable for my speakers , my CD players , what Phono stage do you recommend ? How does your amplifier compare with other valve amplifiers like Radford, Quad ?

Please click here to visit (or buy) at our eBay store (for our new range of speakers)
 
 

Please click here for more information about GBP £2900 speakers

Please click here for more information about GBP £650 speakers



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The most important and expensive part of the valve / tube amplifier
are the transformers (the 3 black lump of metal at the rear of the amplifier)
Our amplifier are the amplifier on the left, with the BIGGER transformer.
You might recognize our competitor on the right, with the SMALLER transformer
 
Even our GBP £250 amplifier got bigger transformers !
The most important and expensive part of the valve / tube amplifier
are the transformers (the 3 black lump of metal at the rear of the amplifier)
Our amplifier are the amplifier on the left, with the BIGGER transformer.
You might recognize our competitor on the right, with the SMALLER transformer

 
WARNING = BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT ITEMS FROM CHINA
The following eBay items in January 2006 have
NOT been MODIFIED IN ENGLAND
by AFFORDABLE VALVE COMPANY of ENGLAND
http://cgi.ebay.com.cn/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5853986894
http://cgi.ebay.com.cn/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7382301846
http://cgi.ebay.com.cn/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7382399247
Our cheapest model are the ORIGINAL Chinese model
We will match the lowest price + shipping + British duty + British VAT ,
from eBay sellers with 10 or more feedback, and some form of 'proven track record;
and give you 2 year British / European / USA guarantee.
and 240 + - 10% volt version GUARANTEE RELIABLE IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE
(with 6 years experience),
or 120 volt + - 10% version GUARANTEED RELIABLE IN USA , AMERICA
(with about 4 years experience).
and NOT the Chinese 220 volts + - 10% .
We will NOT match prices from eBay NEW member with 0 feedback.
It is your business,
if you want to buy expensive equipment from NEW ebay members with 0 feedback.
WARNING = BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT ITEMS FROM CHINA
The more expensive models have been MODIFIED IN ENGLAND by us.
English labour is expensive, so the prices are MUCH HIGHER.
However, as you can see from the customers reviews,
the AUDIBLE improvement is worth the extra cost.
If you want us to match price for the ORIGINAL UNMODIFIED Chinese version,
please tell us the competitor eBay item number, and WE WILL MATCH THE PRICE.
WARNING = BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT ITEMS FROM CHINA

Valve Amplifiers       Affordable Valve Company

Testimonials from customers who prefer our VALVE amplifiers to £3,000 NAIM pre / power / power supply , 300 watts £8,000 CHORD pre / power , QUAD pre / power , AUDIOLAB pre / power / monoblocks , 150 watts MUSICAL FIDELITY , ARCAM pre / power , LINN pre / power in
Latest 2005 REVIEWS by satisfied customers of our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve / tube amplifiers (click here for more details)
 &   Customers testimonial for "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)
 &  Customers testimonials for "EL34" valve amplifier (click here for more details)

There is a difference between "High Price" and "High End" !

There is a difference between TAC 34 , TAC 88 , TAC 834 , Magma , Audio Institute and our MODIFIED IN ENGLAND valve amplifier ! ( Unscrupulous dealers who tell you that they are the same are liars , and breaking the law of "Trade Description Act" ! )



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

We are real, we exist. We sold our first EL34 valve amplifier in September 1999,
and our valve amplifiers have proven their reliability for over 6 years.
Our amplifiers AND VALVES are guaranteed for 2 years
Most of the time, our local shops do NOT stock
Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice & Hi Fi World.
 These magazines might appear on the shelves for a few days,
and then our local shops do NOT restock with 
Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice & Hi Fi World.
It is probably that way for most of England, 
except for BIG newsagents in BIG railway or BIG tube stations in BIG cities.
We get MUCH MUCH more response
from 150 of GBP £2 eBay listing,
than GBP £1000 a month of advertisement
in Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice & Hi Fi World.
So, we have given up wasting our money
by advertising in Hi Fi News , Hi Fi Choice & Hi Fi World
"What Hi Fi" magazine is found in my local shops, but their advertising rates is
MANY times more than the other magazines !
We will have to double our selling price,
if we wanted to pay for advertising in "What Hi Fi magazine".
We export world wide using RELIABLE UPS courier.

 
 


 

Money back guarantee that you will prefer these valve amplifiers to transistor amplifiers
or we will refund your money 
(less £30 return carriage from England, within 30 days)
(less £100 return carriage from overseas country, with 30 days)
Our amplifiers are built, tested, measured for distortion, amplifier AND VALVES are guaranteed for 2 years, 
has proper CE safety marking 
and CE safety cage, to cover the hot valves.

 


 
 
New articles - Updated on 29 November 2003 
FAQ Frequently asked Questions - Is your valve / tube amplifier suitable for my speakers , my CD players , what Phono stage do you recommend ?
Hi Fi Myths versus Scientific Facts , 300B valves do have cathode , solid state power supply versus valve power supply, Magma EL34 valve amplifiers , Vincent T.A.C. EL34 valve amplifiers , reliability, repairs, replacement valves and second hand amplifiers (click here for more details)

How can our £700 valve amplifier sound better
                            than £3,000 transistor amplifiers ?
 

 
About 90% of customers keep our amplifiers.  Money refunded to 10% of customers. 
Money Back Guarantee (less £30, within 30 days)
that our valve amplifiers will
1. Reduce the harsh sound of CD players (without losing the treble)
2. Reduce the harsh sound of metal dome tweeters (without losing the treble)
3. Change the "hard" sound of metal cones to a sweet "fast" midrange
4. Produce more bass than MOST transistor amplifier and MOST Single Ended valve amplifier. 
  (at a realistic life size volume) 
5. Control and reduce sibilance.  Sibilance is when a woman say "his", it sound like like "Hissssssk".
6. Produce more realistic human voices
7. Produces an "inky black silence" between notes
8. The difference will be 10 times more than changing a cable
Some of our customer used to own £2,000 to £8,000 transistor amplifiers.
They were not 100% happy with the "transistor" sound,
so they took a chance on our cheaper valve amplifier.
Please read our summary of SIGNED TESTIMONIALS from customers who have changed to our cheaper amplifiers from :-
£8,000 Chord 3200 preamplifier & 1200C power amplifier (320 watts)
£3,400 Naim NAC102 & NAP 180 & Hicap power supply 
£2,600 Naim NAC72 & NAP 180 & Hicap power supply
£1,400 Musical Fidelity A300 (150 watts) (2 testimonials)
Musical Fidelity XA-200 (2 testimonials)
Arcam 100 pre & 120 power
Arcam A85 Diva
Quad 34,306,405 II (3 testimonials)
Lin LK1 pre & LK2 power
Audio Innovation 500
Audiolab 8000 integrated & preamplifier & power amplifier (even biamp 8000P) & 8000M monoblocks

 
 
Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers, within 30 days) that you prefer our 
£500 "EL34 with Chinese valves + standard transformers" (40 watts + 40 watts) 
to £700 transistor amplifiers. 

 Why should you buy a valve amplifier ? (click here for more details)
 

Mr Andrew Everard review in Gramophone magazine (click here for more details)

Customers testimonials for "EL34" valve amplifier (click here for more details)

How can £700 valve amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifier ? (click here for more details)
 

Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers, within 30 days) that you prefer 
£600 "EL34 Upgradeable + Svetlana valves + American valves + Larger transformer" (40 watts + 40 watts) 
to £1,000 transistor amplifiers 
and sound similar to £2,500 American valve amplifiers. 

Why should you buy a valve amplifier ? (click here for more details)

Mr Andrew Everard review in Gramophone magazine (click here for more details)

Customers testimonials for "EL34" valve amplifier (click here for more details)

How can £700 valve amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifier (click here for more details) ?
 

Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers, within 30 days) that you prefer 
£1,000 "KT88 Triode Connection - Lim Signature"
to £2,000 to £20,000 transistor amplifiers 
and sounds better than £2,500 to £20,000 "ultra linear" valve amplifier (at a realistic life sized volume). 
( Massive £20,000 valve amplifiers can produce unrealistic 5 times life size volume, ) 
(                                 but ours sounds better at realistic life volume.                        ) 

Why should you buy a valve amplifier ? (click here for more details)

Customers testimonial for "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)

How can £700 valve amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifier ?(click here for more details)

Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage for British customers, within 30 days) that you prefer 
£1,450 "KT88 Triode Connection - High End"
to £2,000 to £20,000 transistor amplifiers 
and £2,500 to £20,000 "ultra linear" valve amplifier (at a realistic life sized volume). 
( Massive £20,000 valve amplifiers can produce unrealistic 5 times life size volume, ) 
(                              but ours sounds better at realistic life volume.                           ) 

Why should you buy a valve amplifier ?(click here for more details) ?

Customers testimonials for "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)

How can £700 valve amplifier sound better than £3,000 transistor amplifier ? (click here for more details)

Speakers are important ! 

Try our £350 "3 way" speakers 
or £1,800 "3 way" speakers
and you will be shocked at the difference ! 
 

Money back guarantee (less £30 return carriage) that
our valve amplifiers + our recommended £350 "3 way" speakers
will produce clearer, more realistic, more believable human voices (when there is a loud bass note)
than "2 way" speakers like £1699 Spendor S8 , £624 Dynaudio Audience 52 , £379 Quad 11L , £300 B&W DM602 + £1500 AVI Laboratory Series , £550 Roksan Kandy Mk III , £1000 Cyrus Pre X + £550 Cyrus SmartPower , £3490 Krell KRC-3 + £11997 Krell FPB400CX     (click here for more details)
 

Why should you buy our "3 way" High End speakers with 10 inch woofers + 4.5 inch midrange + 1 inch tweeter ? (click here for more details) 
 


 
 
We have not sold anything to "The Audio Consultant" since 2000. 
We will never sell another amplifier to "The Audio Consultant". 
"The Audio Consultant" should update their website. 
Replacement valves, Unauthorized "grey" imports & Circuit diagrams (click here for more details)
Any questions ?  Do not understand valves ?  Do not know what speakers to buy ? Do not know how to improve your Hi Fi system ? Why don't you post a question in our Polite & Knowledgeable Hi Fi Forum.  Suitable for Beginners to Experts. (click here for more details)

 Leave the upgrading to the professionals. KT88 valves , 6550 valves , 300B valves , "Click stop" volume control , Alps volume control , Panasonic volume control , "stepped" attenuator , heavy duty selector switch.

Hi Fi Myths versus Scientific Facts , 300B valves do have cathode , solid state power supply versus valve power supply (click here for more details)


 

£500 "EL34 with Chinese valves + standard transformers" (40 watts + 40 watts)

£600 "EL34 Upgradeable + Svetlana valves + American valves + Larger transformer"
(40 watts + 40 watts)

Reliability & 2 Years Guarantee
We have been selling the upgraded version for 3 years, 
and they have proven their reliability !
We guarantee everything (including the valves) for 2 years.
I am amused that an American £4,000 valve amplifier 
only has 90 days guarantee on their valves !
If you want 2 years guarantee on the valves, 
buy our cheaper amplifier !

Review in Gramophone magazine (click here for more details)

Customers review of  UKP 600 (and above)  "EL34" valve amplifier (click here for more details)


 

Customers Review of  "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)

Why does "KT88 Triode Connection" sound so good ? (click here for more details)
 
 
 

 


 
 
 
Our Svetlana KT88 cost much more than the 6550 valves 
used in £2,500 to £3,000 American amplifiers.
So, we encourage you to compare our KT88 amplifiers 
with £2,500 to £3,000 American 6550 amplifiers, 
and hear the difference for yourself !
You should buy Hi Fi equipment with your ears, and not your wallet !

 
 
 
 
If you have a detached house, far away from neighbours,
and own big speakers with 12 in woofers, 
and you like your music at very high levels (which will permanently damage your hearing) 
then our
£1,000 "EL34 Lim Signature" (40 watts + 40 watts) 
£1,450 "EL34 High End" (40 watts + 40 watts) 
are probably better for you.
However, we strongly recommend that you listen to music at a much softer volume 
to prevent permanent damage to your hearing.
Most people owning 6 inch speakers, living in terrace houses, 
do not need more than 20 watts (with good bass), 
from our "KT88 Triode Connection", 
which has sweeter treble and more realistic human voice than "Ultra Linear" amplifiers .

 

We apologize that parts of our website might show the old prices.

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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less UKP 30 for return carriage) 
that UKP 700 "EL34 Silver" valve amplifier, MODIFIED IN ENGLAND, will sound better 
than any TRANSISTOR amplifier selling for UKP 1,000 to UKP 10,000 ! 
(Price is NOT a guarantee of sound quality !  Some products are overpriced and pretentious. )

MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (less UKP 30 for return carriage) 
UKP 1,000 "KT88 Triode Connection - Lim Signature" (click here for more details) , MODIFIED IN ENGLAND, 
and UKP 1,450 "KT88 Triode Connection - High End" (click here for more details) , MODIFIED IN ENGLAND, 
will sound better than most VALVES or TRANSISTOR / VALVE HYBRID or TRANSISTOR 
amplifiers selling for UKP 2,000 to UKP 20,000 
( including 300B single ended amplifiers, KT88 single ended amplifiers, 6550 Ultra Linear push pull amplifiers, etc.) 
Customers Review of  "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)
(Price is NOT a guarantee of sound quality !  Some products are overpriced and pretentious. )

Our "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers are even better than our "EL34 Silver" !
Customers Review of  "KT88 Triode Connection" amplifiers (click here for more details)

Click here for Review of EL34 valve amplifier in Gramophone magazine

Click here for 18 Customers Reviews of Model EL34 valve amplifier   who prefers our EL34 Valve amplifier to :-

£2,600 Naim preamp / power amp / Hicap ,
expensive Arcam preamp & power amp
expensive Audiolab preamp & power amp
very expensive Linn preamp & power amp,
very expensive Quad preamp & power amp ...........

which proves that expensive, well reviewed transistor preamp & power amplifiers
still does not produce the good old valve sound


Many valve amplifiers look the same, because there is a limit to
how many ways you can arrange 3 transformers, 4 big valves and 4 small valves,
to fit on a small box !

 Our valve amplifiers have been MODIFIED IN ENGLAND
with American GEC NOS JAN (military) small 5670 valves, SILVER MICA capacitors, ferrite ring mains filter, etc.

 THESE MODIFICATIONS MAKES OUR AMPLIFIER SOUND DIFFERENT
TO OTHER VALVE AMPLIFIERS (THAT LOOK THE SAME).

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for EXPORT customers (might also be of interest to English Customers)

SMALL speakers are NOT designed for LARGE rooms ! (click here for more details)

Trust me, I am a Hi Fi Reviewer ( Part 1 - Introduction )

Trust me, I am a Hi Fi Reviewer ( Part 2 - Listening Panel Reviews )

Trust me, I am a Hi Fi Reviewer ( Part 3 - Boring Technical Bits )

Richard Black's unprofessional review in Hi Fi Choice Magazine

 £600 Model EL34 Bright for Quad ESL-63 and Quad ESL-57


We often get emails from ABOARD saying that they have never heard of us, or do we exist ?

For the more than 6 months,
we have half page advertisements in "Hi Fi News" magazine and "Hi Fi Choice" magazine, since the May 2002 issue.
We will have half page advertisement in "Hi Fi World" magazine in the December 2002 issue.
You will also find our TINY advertisement in some old magazines, over the last 3 years.

We have been selling our EL34 valve amplifiers since 8th June 1999, and our amplifiers have proven so reliable that
we have INCREASED OUR GUARANTEE FROM 1 YEAR TO 2 YEARS !

We guarantee EVERYTHING, including the valves !
We challenge our overpriced competitors to guarantee their valves for 2 years !


We answer our telephones 90% of the time from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. , 7 days a week.
The other 10% of the time we are doing the banking, posting letters, eating, etc !

Ask us to send you our FREE 20 pages colour brochure. It is easier to read a printed page than the computer screen !


20 reasons why you should buy our valve amplifier

     1. Guaranteed to cure the harsh sound of your CD and metal cone / dome speakers, 
         or we will refund your money (less £30 return carriage for 1 month home trial)
     2. 40 watts Class A EL34 valve amplifiers tuned with 
           6 SILVER capacitors
           American Military 5670 valves, 
                     Svetlana EL34, 
           Ferrite ring mains filter on mains cable, 
                     filter to reduce ultrasonic noise from CD players. 
              "EL34 Lim Signature" has additional tuning to control ultrasonic resonance of "ultra linear" transformers 
     3. Massive transformers give more powerful bass slam than most transistor amplifiers
           and most 300B Single Ended amplifiers and most KT88 Single Ended amplifiers.
     4. We have signed Testimonial forms to prove that 
            90% of our customers prefer our "warm and old-valve" sound of our :- 
                    £600 Model "EL34 Silver" 
               or £900 Model "EL34 Lim Signature" 
                                    to the transistor amplifiers listed below :-
           Arcam 110 preamplifier and 120 power amplifier expensive Hi-Fi Choice recommended (1992)
           Arcam A85 Diva expensive   What Hi Fi 5 stars award winner + Hi Fi Choice Best Buy
           Arcam Alpha 10 expensive What Hi-Fi 5 stars Supertest winner (1999)  + Hi Fi Choice recommended
           Arcam Alpha
           Audiolab 8000A expensive                              Hi-Fi Choice recommended (1992)
           Audiolab 8000S/SX expensive
                        Audio Analogue Puccini SE
                        Aura VA-100
                        Gamma Rhythm (Valve Single Ended amplifier) expensive
                        Heybrook Signature preamplifier + power amplifier expensive      Hi-Fi Choice recommended (1992)
           Linn LK1 preamplifier and LK2 power amplifier expensive
                        Musical Fidelity Dr Thomas
           Naim NAC 72 , Hicap and NAP 180 very expensive £2,600 serious money !
           Quad 34 preamplifier and Quad 405 power amplifier expensive
                        Rotel RB971 power amplifier
                        Spendor D40  ( Did you know that Spendor made amplifiers ? )
The sound of our valve amplifiers and speakers are so good, that we can offer 
   Money Back Guarantee of excellent sound
(less £30 return carriage for 1 month home trial) 
90% of our customers have bought and kept our valve amplifiers. 

We have refunded money to 10% of our customers, who prefer transistorised amplifiers.

If you do not believe that valve amplifiers sound better than transistor amplifiers, 
we dare you to ask manufacturers of transistor amplifiers 
to match our Money Back Guarantee ! 
Shops want 50% profit
You could buy our £900 amplifier in a shop for £1,350 

   or you could "buy direct" and "cut out the middleman" and save £450 ! 

Rent and rates, wages, electricity, etc cost hundreds of pounds a week, 
so shop prices have to be much higher. 

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Review of EL34 valve amplifier
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Hi-Fi magazines Reviews of Model EL34 valve amplifier

18 Customers Reviews of Model EL34 valve amplifier

Features of  30 Watts  Class A  Model EL34 valve amplifier

Our  Money Back Guarantee  of the  superb sound quality

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Inside the Model EL34 to show the First Class build quality

 Free delivery to UK and most of Europe 

 FAQ or Frequently Asked Questions 

How to contact us

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Single Ended 300B valve amplifier , please see our Model PSE 300B which uses twice as many 300B valves for twice the power

Parallel Single Ended 300B valve amplifier - Model PSE 300B
Single ended 845 valve amplifier - Model  SE 845 compared with £56,000 Ongaku amplifier

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What are the differences between £600 "EL34 Silver" and £900 "EL34 Lim Signature" ?

You can upgrade from £600 "EL34 Silver" to £900 "EL34 Lim Signature"

What are the differences between £1,350 "EL34 High End", 300B Single Ended amplifiers and KT88 Single Ended amplifiers ?

Why you do NOT need separate preamplifier and power amplifier

No more harsh CD sounds from my metal dome loudspeakers

Valve amplifiers are perfect for Yamaha NS1000 loudspeakers

Books about valve amplifiers  links to other sites

Click  here  for  the  answers  to  all  of  the  following  questions  :-

 Why  should  you  buy  a  valve  amplifier  ?

 Why  do  valve / tube  amplifiers  sound  different  to  transistor  amplifiers ?

 "Hidden"  distortion  of transistorised  amplifiers

 "Hidden"  distortion  of  loudspeakers

 If  valve  amplifiers  are  so  good ,  why  aren't  valve  amplifiers  more  popular ?

 How  much  power  do  you  need ?

 Cheaper  valve  amplifiers ?

 Valve amplifier  kits ?

Affordable Valve Company , 11 Magdalen Close , FREEPOST  SEA0359 , Gillingham , Kent  ME7  3BR , England , United Kingdom
Telephone 01634 373410 anytime

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