Metropoulos amps are done

[tallcoolone]

Inflation has risen over 77% since 2019 as per the bureau of labor and statistics. Add tariff costs for rare and extremely expensive components necessary to build high quality amplifiers and that’s the reason so many amplifiers are as expensive as they are.

$699 in 1974 dollars is almost $4600 in today's dollars.

 

[glpg80]

$699 in 1974 dollars is almost $4600 in today's dollars.

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It doesn’t help Marshall amplifiers themselves are imported items and subject to tariffs.

Tariffs have been hard on all small businesses.

George is right - modelers are getting good enough that the price saving alone makes them formidable replacements. The cost of entrance into the market of real tube amps is hard for many to even bother. However there is still a demand for those that need real amps where modelers don’t model everything perfectly - otherwise places like studios would be liquidating everything.

 

[stratjacket]

Double post….

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

That's because BP medication slows oxygen to your brain while lowering your heart rate.

Find a better way to lower your BP.

Try staying away from Nitrites, Nitrates, MSG, yeast extract and any salt that is not pink Himalayan or mineral salts. Remove all seed oils from your diet. No fries, chips or tortillas. No fast food, McDonalds, Wendy's... Don't eat anything after dinner and get plenty of sleep.

Problem solved.






......and, buy yourself a new handtruck for Christmas.

I would also add a diet rich in fresh fish cooked in healthier oils like EVOO, and avocado oil will go far. Cut out the rich sauces, and nutritionally empty starches, add lots of green leafy veggies.

When I started cooking for my grandmother after my son and I moved in with her over a few years she lost 50 lbs, her blood pressure improved immensely, and her doctor was able to put her on a much a much milder cholesterol medication. All the fishing also helped improve my blood pressure and mental health.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

This is a sad ass day. George is a legend, and I wish him nothing but the best. Especially if the best is a rich as fuck person with a passion for guitar bank rolling Metropolous V2, so I can maybe buy one eventually without paying the soon to hit the ceiling used prices to be asked by anyone stupid or desperate enough to sell theirs.

 

[glpg80]

This is a sad ass day. George is a legend, and I wish him nothing but the best. Especially if the best is a rich as fuck person with a passion for guitar bank rolling Metropolous V2, so I can maybe buy one eventually without paying the soon to hit the ceiling used prices to be asked by anyone stupid or desperate enough to sell theirs.

I used to own the very first serial number 001 metroplex. I can only imagine how much that amp just increased in value overnight.

 

[ners]

Oh fuck, that's a bummer; but sounds like he needs the break so good for him prioritizing the right things.

The power amp distortion simulator circuit on his MKII sounds like such a sick idea (clips I caught were great too). I hope he can license it to someone like Friedman or Suhr or someone else that does a good Plexi clone.

 

[tallcoolone]

It doesn’t help Marshall amplifiers themselves are imported items and subject to tariffs.

In the US a 2203x cost $3199 in 2022. They are $2899 now.

 

[glpg80]

In the US a 2203x cost $3199 in 2022. They are $2899 now.

That assumes the quality hasn’t changed. They don’t use Dagnall transformers anymore.

I’m sure there are other corners cut that we aren’t aware of since they never made an announcement officially to anyone originally anyway.

 

[skoora]

That assumes the quality hasn’t changed. They don’t use Dagnall transformers anymore.

I’m sure there are other corners cut that we aren’t aware of since they never made an announcement officially to anyone originally anyway.

Yeah, Vietnamese iron for a few years now.

 

[cobrahead1030]

Sad to hear. It’s a tough business to run, even with a fantastic product.