IncaTech Claymore (bling version)

[Tony L]

Allegedly gold, though looks more chrome in the pics. Certainly very shiny! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29568673...d=link&campid=5338728743&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

PS A nice amp IMO, I had one (standard black) in a second system for a while. Decent MM/MC phono stage and powerful too.

 

[heidcase music]

If it is the gold plated version Tony I think there was only a handful made

 

[paulfromcamden]

Shame the previous owner rubbed the gold plating off!

 

[Rug Doc]

Indeed. What a shame!

Unfortunately the previous owner was over zealous with the polishing and has rubbed most the gold plating off which is a shame but it still looks great as it is imo.

 

[mikeyb]

@CJ14 paging Colin

He has previously told me how many of these were made but I can't remember, it wasn't many.

 

[Rug Doc]

6

 

[mikeyb]

6

That's what I thought

 

[misterdog]

Shame the previous owner rubbed the gold plating off!

Though the graphics on the front plate remain intact - odd.

 

[ABCaudio]

It's a Nickel plated amplifier, it was from the factory (one of about a dozen).

When Colin upgraded this, the seller was informed it was never a gold one.

 

[mikeyb]

There you go then, seller is telling porkies

 

[calorgas]

There you go then, seller is telling porkies

Pointlessly too if it's deliberate. Either finish is uncommon so if that's part of the appeal then I'd rather have the nickel one in good original condition than a gold one that had been polished to death.

I'll stick with my common-as-muck black one, less fingerprinty

 

[eastone]

Much rather have nickel!

The invoice made me chuckle: ‘a few odds and sods, some caps…’

These are fun, punchy sounding things.

 

[mikeyb]

No longer listed, he says it was serviced in 2019 but invoice says Sept 2020, be interesting to see if it re-appears with a different description

 

[CJ14]

Hi 6 Gold Claymore's 12 Nickel, 27,000 Black not to many
Paul Miller did a review on his Gold Claymore about two years ago, still Gold.
If the plating came of so would the print, I hate fibs.
Shame the press never print the truth G.M. about you.

 

[mikeyb]

Thanks Colin

 

[Blue Belle]

Still, 12 is pretty rare, and i would have thought that a limited run of 12 would still have cost more than the £400+ that this one was being asked for. I wonder how much the gold version would cost, if one ever came up?

 

[CJ14]

The front and lid are Brass non magnetic so I thought it would be more pennies also.

 

[kevinrt]

You can see some ‘goldish’ colouring around the push buttons, presumably where the nickel plating has worn, exposing the brass underneath.
Maybe he mistakenly thought this ‘gold’ colouring was the last remnant of a top coating that covered the whole amplifier rather than something showing through from underneath the nickel.

Kevin