MANLEY NEO-CLASSIC 500 (pair)🌞The most powerful production-model monoblock power amplifier

MANLEY NEO-CLASSIC 500 (pair)🌞The most powerful production-model monoblock power amplifier

👉 Please see the presentation and the test video of the machine !

“𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘜𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢-𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.”

▪️Intro :

Excellent condition. Used only in my personal audiophile studio. No smoking during sessions.

I currently use these amps with a pair of Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus 802s.

I'm a musician as well as a producer and I can say that this setup represents the best sound experience for me so far. 

I was advised to purchase this set-up by a sound engineer in England who worked for a while as an associate at Abbey Road Studios. 

A creamy and powerful sound, very balanced in frequencies. You can distinguish the smallest sound details even at high or very high volume.

Probably the best sound ever.

▪️ WHY SELLING ?

Because I want to buy some expesive analog compressors from Neve and Manley for my studio.

▪️ ABOUT THE PRICE YOU CAN BUY :

As new :

• 20.999 USD on Upscaleaudio (com)
• 21.911 EUR on Technologyfactory (eu)
• 22.999 EUR on Athensproaudio (gr)

Used : (only one used offer)

• 15.127 EUR on Reverb (com)  or

• 14.486,71 GBP on Ebay (co.uk)

▪️ WHAT IS IN THE PACKAGE :

1. MANLEY NEO-CLASSIC 500 (2 units)
2. Original manual
3. Power chords 220 V

▪️About the good functioning test of the amplifiers :

1. I bought these amplifiers from a specialist dealer in the EU.

I had warranty. 

2. I have not needed service or repairs. 

3. Annually I performed the BIAS adjustment with an authorized technician.

4. These amplifiers are put into operation weekly between 2-6 hours. 

No malfunction was ever detected.

5. A complete video test will be performed before delivery and will be made available as a Youtube link.

▪️About packaging :

1. Each unit will have its dedicated packet. A flightcase look alike.

2. The tubes already installed will be protected with the original metal grid.

3. A box with a wooden frame covered with wooden boards will be made for each unit.

4. The inside of the box will be lined with a 2cm expanded polystyrene foil to absorb any big shocks.

5. The amplifier will be wrapped twice in plastic wrap with large damping bubbles.

6. The amplifier thus wound will sit on a bed of large spongy bubbles.

7. In order to avoid possible displacements inside the box during transport, an elastic support reinforcement will be made from polystyrene that reproduces the original packaging formula.

8. All empty spaces in the box will be filled with big spongy bubbles.

9. After closing the box, it will be covered in double corrugated cardboard.

10. At the end, the entire package will be wrapped with 6 layers of thin transparent foil.

1. Final weight/unit = 43 kg

▪️Shipping :
Please ask for it before bidding. I can ship worldwide with no worries about transportation effort, with a solid professional shock-protection box-in-box  package with a shockproof foam inside.

▪️ About me :
I am a musician and I love my instruments for creating music.I am based in Bucharest, Romania, UE.
I have done a lot of very safety shipping transactions during years, from Jupiter 8 to B3 Hammond organ.
Please see my history of trust. 

▪️Shipping (good to know):

1. Please contact me before bidding to get each other a perfect understanding.
2. The shipping includes the insurance cost which is recommended.
3. EUROPEAN UNION the postage is to be specified according to the city location..
4. If you're outside EUROPEAN UNION  we need before to agree the shipping final cost.
5. The custom or any other local taxes (if any) will be on your responsibility.

▪️This item is sold As-Described and cannot be returned unless it arrives in a condition different from how it was described or photographed. Items must be returned in original, as-shipped condition with all original packaging

ABOUT: 

The Neo-Classic 500’s continue the legacy of musical accuracy and emotional authority these amplifiers promise and deliver with double the output power thanks to the amazing KT90 output tubes. The 500 Monoblocks overflow with detail and reveal spatial image beyond expectation. Authoritative, muscular, and dependable, these Ultra-American tube amps have no competition at these prices.

Tried and true: The Manley 500  Watt Monoblocks are our most powerful push-pull production-models. Both the circuit design and the selected componentry have been refined over years and years of development. Reliability that you can depend upon combined with musical accuracy and emotional authority is what these amplifiers promise- and deliver. They are able to switch operation modes allowing the listener to choose between the sonically seductive qualities of triode and the more powerful Ultra-Linear configuration. We use big, beefy reservoir capacitors in the high voltage supplies giving plenty of instant energy for dynamic performance of transient peaks and bass impact and weight which often exceeds that of rival solid-state amplifiers. We run high voltages on the plates of the output tubes but operate them at lower current which will result in their longer life. Although each output tube has its own bias-adjust, We carefully fit each amplifier with computer-batched tubes for optimum performance. The bias adjustment pots and measuring points are conveniently located behind the oval front panel insert.

To avoid a heavy power drain when the cold amplifier is first switched on, we conceived a "Soft-Start" mode which also functions as an "Ever-Warm" position allowing the amplifiers to be always warmed up for pleasurable listening. Each amplifier only consumes 30 watts of power in Ever-Warm mode. A blinking green LED reminds the user that the amplifier is in warm-up mode because as all the power supplies are at half-voltage, the amplifier will still operate at half power when the Ever-Warm mode is engaged, so the user should use the MUTE switch when in this mode.

The front-panel mute switch and angled-back chassis make it easier to hook up the interconnects, speaker cables, and IEC power cord.

In our own in-house magnetics department, our R&D team completely redesigned all of our output transformers in 1998 with the goal to reclaim that luscious rich mid-range of our vintage designs. In 2013 we reworked the output transformer to operate the output stage in Ultra-Linear mode which is a great sounding balance between the detail of triode and the brawn of Tetrode. We also specifically set out to achieve a deeper bottom register at higher power with lower distortion. Hours and hours of listening tests, measurements, and fine-tuning brought an exciting and stunning result to our ears. We hope you will agree.

SPECIFICATIONS

• ALL-TUBE monoblock design 10 x KT90EH Electro-Harmonix Russian output tubes
• Driver Stage: High current double 12BH7EH (x2)
• Input Tube: 12AT7
• BALANCED & UNBALANCED inputs: RCA and XLR jacks (switchable)
• MANLEY IRON® Input Transformer for the XLR: 2:1 ratio designed and wound at Manley Labs
• MUTE switch: on front panel
• TRIODE / Ultra-Linear output mode switching: on front panel
• SOFT-START turn on mode: minimizes in-rush current by first powering up amplifier to half voltages
• EVER-WARM mode: for standby keeps tubes warmed up at half voltages
• MANLEY IRON® Output Transformer: designed and wound at Manley Labs
• Front panel bias measurement and adjust: Concealed under the black oval insert
• Output Tube Standing Current: 30 mA
• Set Bias for: 300 mVDC measured across each bias tip jack to ground
• Large filter / reservoir capacitors: 3800 uF x 2
• Angled rear of chassis: provides for easy connections
• WBT binding posts: CE compliant for European models
• Input Sensitivity RCA: Triode = 1.9 V; UL = 2.10 V for full power into 5 Ohms
• Input Sensitivity XLR: Triode = 4.25 V; Tetrode = 4.67 V for full power into 5 Ohms
• Input Sensitivity RCA Triode: 118 mV; UL = 103 mV for 1 watt into 5 Ohms
• Input Sensitivity XLR Triode: 265 mV; UL = 228 mV for 1 watt into 5 Ohms
• Gain RCA: Triode = 25.5 dB; UL = 26.8 dB
• Gain XLR: Triode = 18.5 dB; UL = 19.8 dB
• Input Impedance RCA: 130 kOhm @ 1KHz
• Input Impedance XLR: 178 kOhm @ 1KHz; 20 kOhms @ 20KHz; 28 kOhm @ 20Hz
• Actual Output Impedance Triode: 0.959 Ohm
• Actual Output Impedance Tetrode: 1.22 Ohm
• Optimum Speaker Load: 5 Ohms
• Damping Factor Triode: 8.34
• Damping Factor Tetrode: 6.55
• S/N Ratio: 74 dB BW 22 Hz-22 kHz; 84 dB A-WGT at 1 Watt into 5 Ohms
• Dynamic Range: 110 dB A-WGT
• Noise Floor: -75 dBu or 100 µV BW 10Hz-500 kHz; -77.7 dB or 100 µV A-WGT 1 Watt into 5 Ohm w/Shorted Input
• Flat Frequency response: Triode = 10 Hz - 30 kHz 1 Watt into 5 Ohms
• Full Power frequency response: Triode = 22 Hz - 22 kHz; UL = 22 Hz - 22 kHz to reach 1.5% THD into 5 Ohms
• Distortion: Triode = 0.03%; UL = 0.50% BW 10 Hz - 22 kHz at 1 Watt into 5 Ohms
• Full Power Triode: 200 W @ 1.5% THD into 5 Ohms
• Full Power UL: 470 W @ 1.5% THD into 5 Ohms
• Power Consumption: 48 Watts in "EVER-WARM" mode
• Power Consumption Idle: 492 Watts
• Maximum Power Consumption: 1320 Watts at full power
• Operating Mains Voltage: Factory set for 100V, 120V or 220-240VAC operation for original destination country's mains voltage.
• Operating Mains Voltage: changeable with power transformer replacement and fuse value change.
• Mains Voltage Frequency: 50 Hz or 60 Hz
• Mains Fuse 100-120VAC operation: MDA 10 Amp SLO-BLO Ceramic Time-Delay fuse
• Mains Fuse 220-240VAC operation: MDA 8 Amp SLO-BLO Ceramic Time-Delay fuse
• B+ Fuse: MDA 1 1/2A SLO-BLO Ceramic Time-Delay fuse
• Badge Illumination: Units produced before 4/2003 use 8V, 0.3A "Fuse-Lamp" 1/4" X 1 1/4" 
  - Serial numbers after N250188 use LED illumination which probably won't burn out
• Power Cord: Detachable IEC standard. Appropriate power cord supplied for destination country
• Unit Dimensions: W=19" x D=13" x H=9" each
• Unit Weight: 72 lbs. each
• Shipping Box Dimensions: 22” x 19” x 18”
• Shipping Weight: 83 lbs. each

Prior Production Models with Triode-Tetrode Switching

• Input Sensitivity RCA: Triode = 1.637 V, Tetrode = 1.837 V for full power
• Input Sensitivity XLR: Triode = 3.2 V, Tetrode = 3.6 V for full power
• Input Sensitivity Triode: 174 mV for 1 Watt into 8 Ohms
• Input Sensitivity Tetrode: 146 mV for 1 Watt into 8 Ohms
• Gain Triode: 30 dB
• Gain Tetrode: 32 dB
• Input Impedance RCA: 116 kOhm @ 1kHz
• Input Impedance XLR: 270 kOhm @ 1kHz; 20 kOhms @ 20 kHz; 38 kOhm @ 20Hz
• Actual Output Impedance Triode: 0.538 Ohm
• Actual Output Impedance Tetrode: 0.465 Ohm
• Damping Factor Triode: 14.8
• Damping Factor Tetrode: 17.2
• Full Power Tetrode: 500W @ 1.5% THD into 5 Ohms
• Full Power Triode: 200W @ 1.5% THD into 5 Ohms

REVIEWS

"The sound of the Manley Neo-Classic 500 is strongly characterized, a sound that shows openly its valve-like nature capable of generating mid and high frequencies of an amazing beauty, of drawing a detail that is strongly carved along a circular musical window which is powerful, determined and very natural…This is High-End!"

- Roberto Rocchi, ReMusic.it

“Bass performance is astonishing in either tetrode or triode mode. It is deeper and fuller with more bloom and extension, while at the same time being faster and tighter than my solid state units. The lower midrange to deep bass is seamless and lends a satisfying richness to the musical content as a whole. From Paul Chambers' acoustic bass to Peter Gabriel's megabass, wow !”

“As great as the bass is, the midrange is killer. It has a smoothness and richness which is just breathtaking. Gobs of detail, with crisp attack. and long decay notes defining spatial imaging beyond expectation. The high end is even more extended and lacks the grain and edge of solid state amps. It is sweeter and more detailed. Listening sessions last a long time. Friends won't go home! Thanks again for a great product at a great price.”

- Manley Customer Geoffrey W.