Eastern Electric M520 EL-34 Tube Amplifier Integrated | | Asking Price: | $1,199.00 | | Original Price: | $1,900.00 | | Condition: | ExcellentItem Condition Descriptions- New
Brand new and factory sealed in the box. - Excellent
Perfect in every way. Indistinguishable from a new product but not factory sealed. - Very Good
Used but with no major damage anywhere. Item works as new and has no visible damage. - Good
Used with 1-2 minor scratches anywhere on the item. Item works as new. - Fair
Well used with minor scratches anywhere on the item. May have minor functional issues. - Parts Only
Does not work, use for parts only.
| | Location: | Rochester, MN | | Included Items: | Owner's Manual
Original Box
Remote Control
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| Description: | Product Photos: | Eastern Electric M520 Tube amplifer based on the Mullard Circut. It utilizes 4 EL-34 tubes, 2 per channel in class A amplification.
This unit is in Excellent Condition.
Review from Positive Feedback:
The M520 integrated tube amplifier is an absolutely gorgeous piece that looks like it should cost twice as much as it does. Tipping the scales at over 50 pounds, the M520 requires some manhandling to move around, but the two chrome rails on the sides make the task infinitely easier. Included in the box is a pair of white cotton gloves to avoid leaving unsightly fingerprints all over the amplifier's beautiful, shiny, silver surfaces. The rear panel has a 15-amp IEC inlet that allows the M520 to be powered by an aftermarket cord. With its WBT-like binding post and taps for 8 ohms and 16 ohms, the M520 is designed to work well with a variety of loudspeakers. It has four RCA inputs and a tape loop. Hooking up a preamp to the single-ended input jacks allows the preamp stage of the M520 to be bypassed, permitting it to run as a tube amp.
The M520's front panel is clean and uncluttered, with a volume knob placed smack dab in the middle of the faceplate. The power button sits to the far left, while the source selector button and a button to select between pentode and ultralinear modes resides on the far right. The two banks of five tubes on the sides of the amp are separated by a metal box in the middle that contains the transformers. The tube compliment consisted of a 12AU7 serving as the phase splitter, an EF86 for the first driver stage, a 5AR4 rectifier, and a pair of EL34s. In front of the bank of tubes on each side is a toggle switch allowing the listener to experiment with three negative feedback adjustment settings—zero, "min," and "max." Finally, to further sweeten the pot, the M520 comes with a beautiful aluminum full-function remote control.
Although rated at only 24 watts per channel in pentode mode, the first thing that struck me when I fired up the M520 was how powerful and neutral it sounded driving the Von Schweikert VR-4 Jrs. The tonal balance was gorgeously pure and natural, with high levels of transparency and neutrality. There was great detail and a wonderful sense of air, and nice, neutral midrange tone.
I experimented with the feedback settings, and found the zero position to be the most to my liking. The minimum and maximum positions overdamped the sound, with the minimum position sounding darker than the zero position and the maximum position sounding darker still. Depending on the speakers the M520 will be required to drive, the feedback settings can be mighty handy.
The ultralinear mode is a very cool feature. By switching to ultralinear (which, by the way, can be accomplished without getting up from the listening chair via a push of a button on the remote control), the output of the amp drops to 18 watts per channel and the presentation becomes dramatically slower and warmer. It was like having two completely different sounding amps in one chassis. After a long work day, I would use ultralinear for a mellow listening session, but if I really wanted to boogie I would switch the amp to pentode mode.
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