Name: Dynaco Dynakit PAS-2 // Tube Preamplifier
Brand: Dynaco
SKU: 6726765576360
Availability: OutOfStock

If you're into Dynaco, you'll likely know exactly what this beautiful little preamp is all about. And this one is definitely a show piece. When we got it, the EQ had been disconnected (as they often were). We decided to restore it back to its original configuration and let the next steward of this beautiful PAS-2 make that decision for themselves.

Production

1962-68

Condition

9/10

Orig. MSRP

$59.95

Restoration

Full service check
Cleaned controls and switches
Replaced pc-5 equalizer board
Replaced pilot light with LED
Rewired output to EQ
New 12ax7
Polished Brass face plate

Factory Specs

Frequency response 10Hz to 40kHz

Total harmonic distortion 0.05%

Gain 60dB (MM), 20dB (line)

Signal to noise ratio 74dB (MM)

Valve complement 4 x 12AX7 (ECC83), 1 x 12X4

Documentation

Dynakit PAS-2 Instruction Manual

The History of Dynaco

Founded by hi-fi pioneer David Hafler and Ed Laurent in 1955, a small company by the name of Dynaco unknowingly would become the most popular tube amplifier company of all time. Five years prior in 1950, David Hafler and his friend Herb Keroes started up the company Acrosound, dedicated to building audio quality...
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Liner Notes

The venerable Dynaco PAS is perhaps the most famous stereo preamplifier of all time, Much like the Dynaco ST-70, it introduced the magical sound of tubes to thousands of audiophiles throughout the past decades. The PAS is still a popular model, both in stock form or as a platform to be tweaked and modified.

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