FOR SALE: Vintage American audiophile Spectro Acoustics Model 217R stereo preamplifier. A fine all around preamp at a low price. Should be of special interest to those who use turntables (the first photo shows the various front panel phono settings).Not a ton of info out there on this rare unit - this from a previous listing for a 217: "Here is a hard to find rare Preamplifier built in the 70's in the USA by a small company that was formed by former employees of Phase Linear. This has quite the phono stage with many adjustments for the various magnetic phonograph pickup cartridges. The 217 also has many inputs with not 1 but 2 separate phono inputs. Its a very unique and collectable piece" "Model 217 Straightline Preamplifier has begun a new era in the accurate reproduction of musical material recorded on phonograph discs. Aside from including the most useful features found on expensive "control console" type preamplifiers (often left out of other "straightline" designs) the 217s totally new and unique phono amplifier stage provides seven front-panel pushbuttons designed to individually tailor the input parameters and gain/frequency response characteristics of the all-important phono preamplifier stage to any of the scores of available magnetic phonograph pickup cartridges. Four of the seven phono-stage pushbuttons can be used to provide 16 different permutations of input impedance, in both the resistive and capacitive cartridge loading." CONDITION: Rating at 7 for some minor nicks and dings. See photos. The 217R functions well - my tech has been through it. SHIPPING: $28 to ship in lower 48. Please contact for other shipping needs. Free local pickup in Chicago available. Feel free to ask questions. Thanks for looking.
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