On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 05:45 PM, James wrote:
They are both good amps but the Mercury IIIS is unattainable as far as buying new off the shelf? plus even two to three year old amps that were kit form are going for around $2800.?
Hi James,
I have been on the list of?KM3KM Electronics LLC since 1/17/2023 for a copy of their "mercuryIIIS Full Assembled + Full Warranty" currently priced at $2,799 + Shipping.? You are right, still no words from KM3KM as of this writing.. but, being priced at practically 25%
less than the LA-1K ($3,695.95 on palstar.com) I would consider selling the inferior LA-1K, that I bought brand new from Palstar in late January 2023, to purchase a brand new mercuryIIIS as my replacement backup amp.
Btw feel free to check out my many postings in this LA-1K forum, or visit my QRZ page for some highlights of the same, to see why I consider the LA-1K amp as inferior at best.
Last but not least, in this post
/g/la1k/message/1182 I touched on some cost/benefit factors relative to the LA-1K,?HF-AUTO, and the Elecraft KPA1500 that I acquired in late April 2023 before their price increase!
73
Ray
KJ5MI
