I stumbled across the MC34-AB "Special Edition" on the web - delivered DHL courier to AU for US$1513, which doesn't seem bad.
Includes:
"Special Onion shape 6SN7 and Blue EL34 vacuum tubes
Onion shape 6SN7 is employing 300B material in production
Custom built audio and power transformers using:
Zll and H18 long grain annealed and directed steel sheets
USA made Teflon silver cable for audio signal paths
Isolated power supply unit with 2 transformers (1 for each channel)
High-end parts - Philips, Panasonic capacitors, USA made resistors
High class ALPS volume control from Japan
Gold plated speaker out terminals
Attractive stainless steel & Plexiglas valve cover"
Are all of these items "special" only, or are they included in the standard edition?
Gotta love those Blue EL34s... !!
See
http://www.cattylink.com/page311.htmlThoughts?