Will Amps ever become high value collectible art?

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

I can see Linear Power, pre-dei Precision Power, pre 1998 Rockford Fosgate, old school Soundtream, Lanzar before 2001 falling under those categories.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

The lanzar that "earned the reputation" died well before 2001 it was in 1996 or 97. That is when Kove came out.

 

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

will amps be collectable art?...i don't know about art , but yes the very best older amps ppi/rf/lanzar/ etc.. are very collectable, ........to me they are anyways....but everybody has there own hobbies. like the post on page 2, the guy loves his optimus amps! i would consider them not worth it but he likes them...nothing wrong with that...lol............shoot i have a very old 4 channel class A pyramid amp that is in mint condition. is it worth alot of $$$ ??? of course not , but to me its a thing of wonder .....lmao

i also collect older ppi amps, and any rare amp that ppi made for other companies like JL audio, sansui,.etc.......i have 2 lanzar pro plus 200's that were made by ppi, and are .5ohm stable, and 800 watts rms!...but they are not worth alot to people who dont know what they are.....and not to many people would pay what i want for them either...lol...even if they did know what they are looking at...anyways...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

I am slowly working on a small collection.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Electronluv stuff is some of the most uniquely-designed stuff out there, I think //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Really different from a technical perspective, too. Collectible for people outside of audio? Doubt it.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

name an amp you want now that is 20 years old. GO!

89 RF Punch 150 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif