Item Condition: Excellent
Shipping Options: Pickup available and you can audition.,Shipping is available at agreed cost.
Suburb or Town: Melbourne Western Suburbs
State: VIC
Payment Method: Paypal, cash on pickup, Osko, bank deposit
Reason for selling: Surplus: change of system direction
Further Information:
For sale is a Cary CAD 120S Mark 1 valve power amplifier. Rated 60 watts per channel in Class A triode mode, and 120 watts per channel in Class AB ultralinear mode.
220 volts native.
This power amplifier has 8 tubes. The current output valves set is a professionally matched octet of 8 Electro-Harmonix Russian EL 34 valves. They are early in their lifespan.
The little guys are 6SN7 Sovteks and Sylvanias. Again, they are early in their lifespan and are professionally matched.
Audition is available. I am able to bring it in to the HiFi Show, double boxed for sale or audition.
The amplifier was purchased from Nik at Audiophile in Carlton North (still miss him) who said the amplifier was in the first dozen off Cary's production line and as such was personally supervised by its designer Dennis Had just before he retired from his decades of amplifier design. Apparently the first 25 were so supervised by Dennis.
Link to a review on Stereonet:
Link to Cary's web site for the 120S:
https://caryaudio.com/products/cad-120s-mkii/
Link to download the manual:
https://caryaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CAD-120S_manual.pdf
Image from stereonet review, my photos below are without the lights on and the model is the Mark 1, see below:
Specification:
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Circuit Type Class AB, push-pull amplifier, Ultra linear or Triode mode
operation with a front panel selector switch
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Power Output Ultra linear - 120 watts per channel
Triode - 60 watts per channel
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Inputs XLR balanced or RCA single-ended
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Noise and Hum -80 dB
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Input Impedance 100K both RCA and Balanced
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Frequency Response 17 Hz - 25 KHz flat @ 1 watt
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Tubes 2 - 6SN7 input gain stage
2 - 6SN7 driver tubes
8 - KT 88 output tubes
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Power Transformer EI High voltage & bias supply EI laminate
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Filament Transformer 2 – EI laminate 6.3 VAC @ 12 amp CCS
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Output Transformer(s) Special bifilar wound 150 watt rating unit in each channel
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Resistors 1% precision metal film
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Capacitors Kimber Kaps
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Power Supply Capacitors 4 x 560 Micro farads
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Speaker Posts Cary gold plated copper, 5-way binding
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AC Cord 3 Conductor Shielded, Detachable
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AC Power Requirements 117 VAC @ 50/60 Hz
234 VAC @ 50/60 Hz
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Warm-Up Time 3 minutes
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Finish Jaguar Anthracite black with clear coat finish, silver anodized
aluminum faceplate standard
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Weight 65 lbs (~30kg)
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Dimensions 8" H x 17" W x 14" D
Discussion
This is the Mark 1 model. The links above are to the Mark 2 model, where changes were made to gain to allow for a wider range of speakers to perform using this amplifier. The general specifications of the Mark 1 as listed are identical to the Mark 2. If you want to know more about the difference between the Mark 1 and the Mark 2 then the relevant paragraph is on this page:
https://caryaudio.com/upgrades-and-modifications/
I am selling because I have bought some horns, which are really sensitive. I now only need a 300B amplifier (8 watts) not the 60 watts of this lovely machine. I had planned on a path that took me to hard-to-drive floorstanding speakers and had just replaced the octet on the CAD 120S when the horns came up for sale. 
This power amplifier has been serviced by Lucas of Black Art Audio. He looked at the circuitry and as a precaution has added an overload cutout for the unlikely event of the valves getting wildly out of balance, making this amplifier safer for the novice valve user. Lucas said for this advert:
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No probs mentioning me, you can also point out they were great on the hungrier speakers but not the horns etc
Included
Cary CAD120S power amplifier
All valves as shown in my photos
Power cable - was $300 from Audiophile
Original box
Printout of the Owner Manual
My photos
English (US)