I have no question about it, mine is a personal opinion. Of course lahat naman ng bagay ay talagang pasira, wala namang bagay na kapag binili mo ay paayos db? Sa audio ay always personal choice, my post is an opinion. Kase kung gagastos ka rin lang ng worth 10K for that amp, sabi ko nga ay dagdagan mo na lang ng konti ay may isang decent amp ka na which I believed far better than some of those that are made in China including this one. Baka ilang buwan lang ay umugong / mag-hum ang transformer niyan sakit pa ng ulo mo at lipad na kaagad iyong pinambili mo diyan. BTW, nasa trannies ang pinaka-buhay ng amp, kapag palpak ang xformers nito ay huwag mong asahan na tutunog ng maganda at maayos ang amp mo. Kahit anong tweak ang gawin mo ay hindi tutunog ng matino ang amp mo unless you replaced the xformers with a good, reliable and durable one.
I managed to bought a locally manufactured amp for about 16K during their sale offer. I opened the chassis and saw the internal components. Nichicon / Illinois Caps, Japan Alps potentiometer, Point-point hard wired, 2 big output trannies and 1 power, not OTL design, Sylvania NOS signal tubes and choice of brands of power tubes like Tung Sol,Electro Harmonix, Svetlana, Shuguang and JJ.
So just think of the price-built/quality ratio compared to the Sakura Amp. (BTW,how much is this Sakura Amp w/o the tweak)? So my question now to you, is this amp durable? It's up to you to decide. This is just my 2 cents.
I dont think it's a disposable tube amp
one of the factors na tiningnan ko for me to purchase this amp is the price... sa napaka-gandang pagkaka-gawa ng kaha nito ay panalo ka na agad... every electronic gears/gadget naman ay posibleng masira, ang tanong lang e kung nagagawa pa ba... in this case, i'd rather buy a cheap gear like this tube amp na pwede namang magawa at ma-modify kaysa sa napaka-mahal na tube amp na pwede ring masira at mas mahal pa kapag pinagawa... make sense? just my practical opinion... peace
someone in this community once quoted...
"hindi lahat ng mura ay pangit at sirain... at hindi lahat ng mahal ay maganda at matibay..."
...in the end, it's still the users satisfaction is always important