Sugden MusicMaster

[calorgas]

Not sure if this a good start price or not, possibly about right, but anyway is reputed to be one of Sugden's best Class A amps and they are really difficult to find:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18488036...d=link&campid=5338728743&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

Not sure why it comes with the remote control though.

 

[Vinny]

VERY difficult to value as they never come up for sale and, from what little chatter there is online, including PFM, the name gets misapplied (though not in this case as there is a shot of the label).

They APPEAR to be stereo versions of the monoblock Master Class series.

Would be good to hear from @Arkless Electronics if he is familiar with this amp'.

 

[sideshowbob]

I had one years ago, very nice it was, I used it with the Headmaster preamp. I actually preferred the A21 in the end, mind you.

 

[calorgas]

I actually preferred the A21 in the end, mind you.

Really? Well that's quite interesting. That might just help prevent me from chucking a bid at it in a drunken moment as I've owned an original A21 and currently have an A21a in a cupboard

 

[sideshowbob]

The A21 is such a classic I can't avoid having a soft spot for it.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

VERY difficult to value as they never come up for sale and, from what little chatter there is online, including PFM, the name gets misapplied (though not in this case as there is a shot of the label).

They APPEAR to be stereo versions of the monoblock Master Class series.

Would be good to hear from @Arkless Electronics if he is familiar with this amp'.

No. But would service it yes.

 

[mandryka]

14 days approval offered. One thing I think about amps is this: exceptional ones are rare, especially serviceable ones, and if this is exceptional, a price of around £1.5K with the opportunity to return (and compare with an A21!) is not bad at all. That being said, I'm not in the market for an amp.

 

[James Evans]

That being said, I'm not in the market for an amp.

When has that ever been a consideration?

 

[sideshowbob]

That being said, I'm not in the market for an amp.

You sound in two minds to me

 

[mandryka]

Please stop.

 

[purplepleaser]

I've had my Musicmaster since 2005, used with my Proac 1sc and now with my Heco Direkt, can't seem me changing unless I can afford some Puresound Monos or a SJS Arcadia one off special to my specs... The Musicmaster is stunning within its power output.

 

[Frizzy]

Heard these at definitive who where trying them out, in end I think Kevin sold a21a as he thought more engaging and cheaper.

 

[mandryka]

The Musicmaster is stunning within its power output.

How powerful is it ?.

. . just as a matter of academic interest

 

[purplepleaser]

@mandryka its 16 watts class A

 

[mandryka]

Not for me then . . . thanks, temptation resisted.

 

[sideshowbob]

Not for me then . . . thanks!

Are you completely sure?

 

[Gervais Cote]

Never heard anything from Sugden that wasn’t good but the A21 is definitely a sweet spot for me, no matter the year or version.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Not for me then . . . thanks, temptation resisted.

I'm using 16 WPC class A from my latest design power amp with my Spendor BC2's and plenty of power here.

 

[Gervais Cote]

I'm using 16 WPC class A from my latest design power amp with my Spendor BC2's and plenty of power here.

Sounds good........
A few questions here :
Do you know the efficiency of these Spendor ?
And more importantly, when will you commercialise this class A amplifier and make a 115 volts version for us in North America ?

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Sounds good........
A few questions here :
Do you know the efficiency of these Spendor ?
And more importantly, when will you commercialise this class A amplifier and make a 115 volts version for us in North America ?

About 87dB/W ish IIRC. Pretty average efficiency anyway.

Quite possibly never. If I did then 115V no problem but the fact that there would be zero chance of hearing it before buying no doubt would be a problem!