Every time someone hears it they'll ask where you got it. This kit's a treat to build and a revelation to your ears
At last ... for the first time ever ...
a build your own amplifier with a $2000 sound for far less than budget kit
Dear Audio Enthusiast,
You'll be as thrilled with the GT-101's sound as you were building it - unlike some other kits I could name ...
If you're like me you may have built a Dynaco amplifier kit.Or maybe a Heathkit, or Eico.
If so, I bet you remember those joyful hours of quiet concentration. Relaxing and therapeutic wasn't it?
Well now there's a new power amp ready to give you that same proud feeling.
It's called the Akitika GT-101: A modern, complete power amplifier kit, with everything you need inside.
You'll love building it - just like those kits you used to make. And you'll be even more delighted with your GT-101 from the moment you first press play ...Let's face it only a special type of person clears the kitchen table to sit over a desk lamp with the components, circuit-boards and a soldering iron.
Since you're probably one of them, may I send you this kit, direct from my little shop in Rocket City, Alabama?
What if you haven't built an amp before?
The GT-101 kit is a breeze. No need to know the complete ins and outs of high quality amplification.
There are 3 simple steps:
1) You stuff and solder the new PC boards.Page by page the manual carries you through the build using detailed, easy to follow language.
2) You wire the chassis.
3) You mount the new PC boards and complete the final assembly.
- and diagrams lead you easily through each stage.
- Checklists help you keep track of your progress - and your components.
- Complete schematics cross check your work for you.
"Great kit! Great assembly manual! Great sound!"I get lots of messages like that:
"Thanks for the enjoyable experience, the clear instructions, and the great value. It took about 8 hours and I work slowly and deliberately."Ken from Chicago
"Your instruction manual is excellent, better than Heath or Dyna. The quality of the parts looked to be very good with a very nice chassis."Mickey
A 100% success rate ...
It's hard to belive I know. But assemblers of every ability find it easy.
Even if you've a limited understanding of amplifiers, this kit teaches you a great deal in the time it takes to build. But if you already understand the inner workings of stereo equipment ... you'll find simply unpacking your kit is a real pleasure. As you disover the quality of each component.
On section 3, you begin soldering the film input capacitors. These are low leakage - designed to give you years of listening bliss.
Page 31 introduces you to the toroidal transformer. This is ultra efficient, producing less mechanical hum. Toroidal transformers are often found in high end audio amps, and generally very expensive. Yours costs less, because you're installing it yourself.
From page 34, you test the regulated power supply. This is an unusual feature, which makes for an uncommonly steady supply rail to the amp's output stage. The result is less distortion at higher volumes. If you have 4 Ohm speakers, this also means you can deliver nearly twice the power.
When the last of the solder is in place, you fasten down the cover. You know exactly what's inside, because you put it there.
If you didn't before you now see why there are always those ready to do things differently ...
To clear the kitchen table, and spend a rainy weekend with a soldering iron in hand.Four times better value than a Dynaco
By the way, remember the Dynaco kits and Heathkits? The ones you may even have built.
They were delivered much the same way as your GT-101.
In bits. You built one yourself. And you enjoyed better sound for less money.
Do you realise just how expensive they were?
In 1966, a Dynaco Stereo 120 cost $209.00 That's around $1480 today.
The GT-101 costs only $299 plus $26 shipping.
You get clearer, more dynamic sound than anything ready-made for the same price - or several times the price.
Imagine! You're almost there?
The build is complete.
Your fingers twitch towards your records, your CDs, your iPod, even your computer. Whichever it is you suddenly have the urge to play music you haven't heard in years.
The concert hall of the London Philharmonic, Woodstock '69, the smoky jazz club in New York's Greenwich Village ...
Wherever the music takes you, the magic is back. It's somehow more real.
Because now you've built your GT-101 a small miracle happens. You music comes alive as it hasn't done in years.
Of course I'm biased. So here's what listeners have said after powering up their GT-101 for the first time ...
"Late today I hooked it up to my old Dynaco speakers and was very impressed. It sounded great and gave me a new respect for the speakers which I had not tried in some time. I tried jazz, bluegrass and classical at high volume for some time and the amp never broke a sweat. It sounds great."Just the other night, I was listening to a 1959 live recording of the Count Basie Band. It was dark. So dark you couldn't see the speakers.Andy from Texas
"In short a beautiful and very high end execution of some wonderfully updated classic design insights. Excellent components and well-conceived isolation, and amplification ... beautiful sound, great S/N ratio, quite transparent. Congratulations."Bob from California
If you were there, you'd swear the bass drum was in the room with you. The brass section just in front. Basie's piano plinking away amongst it all.
But you don't just have to take my word for it ...
Bob Grossman is a senior equipment reviewer for AVShowrooms, the Principal Librarian for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a Professional Bassoonist. This is what he had to say:
"Wow, what a great amp kit.This was the praise Bob gave the GT-101 - an amp you can have delivered, ready to build, for just $299.
This thing really rocks and delivers the goods! The volume and quality of the sound is limitless. The AkitikA GT-101 amp easily drove my demanding and power hungry Magneplanar 3.6 speakers without stress or compression.
The amp kit is cleverly designed with a simple well finished case. It provided a good spatial representation that floated a dimensional image in my room so that each of the instruments and vocals could be clearly distinguished in a nicely landscaped sound.
The amp was equally adept at playing classical, jazz, and rock without favoring any frequency range or type of room response. It has a nicely balanced sound from high to low that didn't add any particular coloration to the sound.
I don't run bench tests to access the performance numbers but my ears couldn't hear any signs of distortion even when playing at unreasonably loud sound levels. Maggie tweeters can be ruthless in revealing flaws and creating fatigue when driven hard by some amps yet my ears were happy even after multiple hours of listening to the GT-101 amp.
You can't go wrong with this amp if you like to play your music at loud levels while maintaining a quality sound.
It also runs very cool and isn't a room radiator like other big amps that I own. At this price performance value level, you'll never miss having a laser engraved solid one piece machined faceplate and heat sinks that look like tank armor.
Anyone buying this amp kit will be thrilled with the results and will be getting a great value and performance treat.
It's hard to believe in this day and age that it's possible to own such a good amp for so little money.
If you own a solder iron and take pride in DIY projects, I confidently endorse and recommend taking advantage of building this kit.
Invite some friends over to hear some good music. After you see their toes tapping and heads swinging, let them know you built it yourself. They won't believe you!
I bet they think you spent a lot more money to get something that sounds this good.
But if you let them in on the deal and source, I wouldn't be surprised if they ask you to build a GT-101 kit for them to own."
And then there's Bill from Pennsylvania - a serious audiophile. What does he make of the GT-101's sound?
"Certain instruments tend to be particularly telling on the quality of a system.As you can see, building the Akitika GT-101 is more than fun. It's enriching.
To my ear piano, violin, brass and the female voice tend to represent a solid portion of what separates good gear from excellent gear.
The GT-101 has a very nice musical nature. It sounds even top to bottom, not favoring or limiting any particular frequency range ...
I listened at all volumes from low through ear-bleed and the high end remained detailed and musical.
One of my reference tracks is Take the A Train performed by the Lincoln Center Orchestra. The piano in the opening has a wonderful reality about it and when the brass kicks in later it just sounds right.
The sound is textured as in a live performance and the instruments remain distinct."
And you're rewarded again and again. In fact every time you press play.
Why should you listen to me?
Engineer, or musician. Who would you want designing your amp?
I think you'd probably agree the ideal person is an engineer.
Whilst a musician would want you to have the best sound. Only an engineer could actually design it.
But hang on. With an amp it is all about how it sounds.
And none of the Engineer's measuring tools and equipment can tell them. You have to be able to hear it.
So maybe you should let the musician design your amp after all ...
But buy a GT-101 and you don't have to choose one or the other.Because I'm an engineer and a musician.
That's right. As well as being able to read complex circuit diagrams I can also read & play music.
What's more, I play saxophone, flute, piano and drums. So I need to hear the whole range of sounds - from deep, thundering sub-bass to the shrillest treble.
As an engineer I designed the GT-101 to sound the way I - the musician - want my amp to sound.
And when you've built your GT-101 you'll hear them all too.
The best - and cheapest - way to a $2,000 sound
Right now there are DIY enthusiasts out there reliving the Dynaco days - gathering parts and devising circuit plans
But this is incredibly time consuming and relatively difficult.
What's more there's no guarantee you'll end up with a top notch sound for budget kit money.
The Akitika GT-101 kit is different ...Yes, this is a modern amplifier in the tradition of the old Dynaco and Heathkits of long ago.
But with a soundstage that rivals top end equipment from even the best big name brands.
Let me recap ...
Almost everything you need is in the box.
And remember: Everything is top quality.
Here's Jon D again:
"Once I had assembled the kit, I started taking a closer look at it.There are a few things you need though:
Much better inherent quality than the Dynaco kits. Take the case, for example. Dynaco: self taping screws. GT-101: integral welded nuts for the threaded and counter sunk head case screws.
You can take apart the GT-101 case as many times as you like.
No pointy corners on the GT-101 circuit boards because they've been trimmed plus you get real metal lined through-holes that do a great job wicking up solder."
- A pencil soldering iron
- Wire cutters/strippers
- A Phillips Screwdriver
- Pliers
- Solder
The fact you've read this far, means you're probably quite different from the majority.
And you understand exactly what a difference a rainy weekend will do for your listening enjoyment.
Your Akitika GT-101 power amplifier kit costs just $299. Plus $26 shipping.
I'll send your GT-101 kit personally and promptly from my little shop here in Huntsville, Alabama - the Rocket City.
And if you have any questions along the way, please don't take any wild guesses. My email address is dan@akitika.com
My inbox isn't clogged with messages. I'll give you a swift response.
So why don't you send me your order now - why not make it the very next thing you do?
I promise you the GT-101 will give you years of priceless enjoyment.
Yours,
Dan Joffe
P.S. You really can build your own amplifier with a $2000 sound for (much) less than budget kit. What's stopping you? Order yours right now.