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    Dynakit Model PAS2 or PAS3

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    alie80


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    Post by alie80 Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:20 pm

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    Hi, I am not familiar with the Dynakit Preamps. The label in the back says PAS2, but someone told me this was a PAS3. I am trying to figure out what I have, because my research, the values are all over the place. It is working.
    Any help would be appreciated on what it is and possible value.

    Thank you
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    sr549


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    Post by sr549 Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:16 pm

    That’s a PAS 3
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    sr549


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    Post by sr549 Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:20 pm

    I rebuilt my PAS 3. It’s the best sounding preamp I own. Dynakit Model PAS2 or PAS3 C6debd10
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    howlin' hoosier


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    Post by howlin' hoosier Fri Apr 02, 2021 5:58 pm

    The PAS series preamp came with 2 different faceplates: the PAS-2 has a brass colored faceplate, the PAS-3 has a silver faceplate. To take it a little further along, later versions were upgraded to include tone controls that could be set so they were out of the signal path - those PAS preamps were renamed PAS-2X and PAS-3X when released for sale.


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    Post by billinrio Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:11 am

    An impressively clean example of this preamp, which must have spent most of its life in a low-humidity environment, (palm trees outside in the pic) without a speck of visible rust.  Apparently factory-wired, since it has the mentioned model ID label. Obviously unmodified, given that it still sports the original and always replaced selenium rectifier (small square green board with the two large red caps). Apparently, since you're concerned with its value, you intend to sell it rather than keep and upgrade it.  The answer is "whatever the market will bear", and for that you'll need to see what comparable units are going for on eBay.  At the minimum you should first do a voltage check, or have one done by a tech.


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