Can an owner's manual and schematic be found for an Electron Kinetics eagle 7a power amp

@gmosley, you may have found a treasure.

I have some experience with Eagle amps, but first listen to Ralph. As usual he offers sound advice.

For background, long ago I owned an Eagle 2A amp which was very musical and powerful. After that I had a pair of 400 mono blocs. However they sat in storage a few years before I sold them. I tested them briefly before selling them. Unfortunately the new owner then damaged his speakers, almost certainly because of filter cap failures.

Back when the 7A was a current product a friend bought one to drive his B&W 801s. Iverson told him there was no on/off switch because he couldn’t find one that didn’t burn out quickly with use, so simply plug and unplug the amp! My friend soon tired of that so found a knife switch to put inline on the power cord.

A guy who worked for Iverson later set up a repair/modification service for Electron Kinetic products but may no longer be in business.  I suspect schematics are not available.

Since you may not be familiar with Iverson and Electron Kinetics, search for an article from TAS on his strange disappearance, a truly weird story.

Here is the link to the repair/upgrade service.  It appears to be quite old so no idea if Russ is still in business.  But it verifies what should be looked at.

http://www.eagle-audio.com/upgrades.htm

This was the TAS article, which appeared to be fairly complete.  However it no longer seems to be available.  Anyone having a better source please advise.

“The Strange Life and the Bizarre Disappearance of John Iverson” (The Absolute Sound – The High End Journal, June-July 1994)

viridian, it was not a review, rather some history on the designer of no longer available (new) products.  So whatever biases that may have bothered you shouldn't apply to that article.

Or simply ignore it.  ;^)

Well, "total fish wrapper" sounds pretty inclusive to me.

I happened to be a charter subscriber to TAS and continued for several years.  Over that time I learned from the magazine as well as found things I didn't agree with.  So it was helpful but didn't become an audio bible.

Otherwise, anything to add about the Iverson article?  He and Electron Kinetics are the subject here.