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Spectron Musician 3 First Impressions?

I just installed my Spectron Musician 3 into my system. I had a 2A3 amp powering 96db Epiphany 12/12s. Out of the box, ice cold, the Spectron was incredible! The tonality was spot on with the 2A3 tube amp! The harmonic structure was 85% of the tube amp, and this was with less than 4 hours on the Spectron! The Spectron bettered the 2A3 in 3 major ways: 1.) Increased detail with no loss of sweetness 2.) Deeper bass with more control, 3.) Both micro & macro dynamics! Spectron says it takes 3-4 weeks of 24/7 at medium volume before the amp sounds its best. Has anyone else had a chance to listen to this incredible amp?????

Note: I am not affiliated with Spectron.
darrell

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snopro
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If I am not mistaken, when I talked to Toni a couple months ago she said part of SE upgrade were Hi-Fi tuning fuses.
I should be getting my amp back this week I'll take a look inside and let you know.
snopro
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Mdrummer01,took a look inside the 4 fuses on the cap boards were regular fuses,only the main fuse in the back is a Hi-Fi tuning fuse.
Does anybody's transformer make a slight buzzing sound on their unit? Before I sent my M3 for the SE mods it was dead quite. I'll let it break in for a several hundred hours and see what happens.
snopro
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Spoke to Spectron today, they did some circuit changes and no longer needed the Hi-Fi fuses on the cap board. The one in the main fuse socket made the most difference. Sorry for the misinformation.
Took a quick listen the sound already is improving from about 10 hours ago. Once it breaks in about a month I'll post my impressions.
snopro
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I have my upgraded SE amp for a couple of months now, and can honestly say that in its upgraded status it is excellent!

Smooth,dynamic,detailed,transparent with a deep and wide soundstage.It has an ease and grain-free sound even when the music gets loud and complicated which is uncanny,like it's just coasting along.

I like to tip my hat to John,Toni,and Simon at Spectron for not sitting on their laurels and
improving an already top-class amp,bravo!

Joe
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