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VT200

The VT200 is the 200 W/ch valve unit of the late 1990s, with taps from 1 to 16 ohms.

Catalogue code
VT200
Years
1998–2004
Type
power amplifier (tube)
Valves & speakers
200 W + 200 W into 4/8/16 ohms
Lifecycle
retired
Confidence
High
Watts
200
Watts_basis
per channel, 8 ohm load unless noted in rated_load
Channels
2
Technology
tube
Class_of_operation
not stated in the catalogue sheet
Weight
46.5 kg
Original_list_usd
$8,995 (rose to $9,995)
Safety

Valve equipment: 400-500 V is present on the plates and stored in the supply after switch-off. ARC units are valve-matched at the factory - replacement sets must be bought as matched quads/pairs.

How this model is dated
01 / Witnesses

What applies here

Marks that can be entered for this maker: Model / catalogue number, Model / catalogue number, British capacitor code (Hunts, Mullard), Japanese capacitor code (Nichicon, Chemi-Con, ELNA), EIA component code.

02 / Bounds

The model year is a floor

Nothing predates 1998; components only push the date later.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-listing reading: fair EUR 3,500, good EUR 3,500, excellent EUR 3,500 EUR · 1 sold listings (thin sample — indicative only) · as of 2026-10-17. Asking prices only - these are live listings, not completed sales. 1 listing(s) in EUR observed on 2026-10-17 via the HiFi Shark marketplace aggregator; with fewer than three observations the same min/median/max is recorded as an estimate, not as an asking aggregate, which is a reading of the ask spread, not a condition grading. Listings in other currencies were seen and counted for the spread but are not converted here (see the journal): JPY x1.

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Evidence: Audio Heritage (JP) — period catalogue sheets · HiFi Shark — live listings aggregator