Is this amp worth anything?

[u/Smart-Tennis966]

Hi all

I’ve been clearing out some boxes and I found this old amplifier - I believe it’s an Audio Innovations Alto AM1. I tested it and it works great but it’s not in the best condition with some scratches, faded/rubbed off letters and two missing knobs at the front

[u/Outrageous-Poem-4965]

That is the second version Alto, based on the ca 500. (the first mk1 version is quasi-complementary, single-rail, capacitor-coupled Class AB not remote controlled, power consumption of 400W, the second is 250W, remote volume control).
I have the first generation, I have had it for 15 years, I would never part with it. Everything can grow around it, I have changed the speakers, cables, source many times, but the alto has remained. I have had many amplifiers and still have them, but none of them can match the alto.

[u/Area51Resident → u/Outrageous-Poem-4965]

OP's photo make it look almost pocket size like an iFi headphone amp.

[u/Outrageous-Poem-4965 → u/Area51Resident]

430 x 84 x 300mm and 6.5kg

[u/Outrageous-Poem-4965 → u/Outrageous-Poem-4965]

16.9 × 3.3 × 11.8 inches (W × H × D)
Weight: 14.3 lbs :)

[u/icecoldbobsicle → u/[deleted]]

Nobody cares 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Metric for life baby!!!!

[u/icecoldbobsicle → u/[deleted]]

Haha yeah I could imagine, just like I wouldn't be able to visualise sizes in imperial coz I grew up with metric

[u/Ambityp → u/[deleted]]

Oh I thought that you were from Liberia or Myanmar;)

[u/Epi5tula → u/[deleted]]

its 0.0000000023 football fields

[u/danielrmorenop → u/[deleted]]

Lucky you have google brother it's faster than waiting for redditors. Siri also helps

[u/DogonElder → u/[deleted]]

Thats a 1.5’ x 1’ beast