jbhiller
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| Anyone pairing Cornwall IVs with solid state amplification to good results? Also, Mr. B, what are your high-end amps that the Topping PA5 sounds as good as or that you would at least be happy with per your post? You have me intrigued. | |
| Anyone pairing Cornwall IVs with solid state amplification to good results? Mr Bourne have you heard your recommendation with horns or the speakers in question? | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Yes, Austinlawyer, Music Direct stopped selling them as well as an outfit on the East Coast, whose name escapes me at the moment. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @jjptkd Anyone who wants to sell a Crimson 275 for $5 let me know I'll cover shipping thanks. HA! | |
| Help with finding a new streamer. Ghdprentice is correct! If you enjoy music on a level that you’re in this forum, you owe it to yourself to start with the best digital streaming source you can. Why? Well, first, improvement in sound related to the cost of buying a new piece of... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I wrote Frank Malitz and informed of the safety issue with lack of a proper chsssis ground. (I’m not installing one myself as I am not an expert in safety when it comes to this type of ground.) I also asked him if he could, in turn, tell me whet... | |
| Anyone pairing Cornwall IVs with solid state amplification to good results? @bjesien , YES!!! You not playing around. That is one capable integrated. question—What’s your experience like with that amp? I’m curious as to when you got, for what setup, what you like it with the CWIVs. I know you may be busy so no w... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @grovergardner , In the Doge I really like NOS Brimar 12AT7sbut the reissue Mullards 12AX7s (when from a good source) are very quiet. Reissue Gold Lions are fantastic yet I have had them grow noisier overtime. The Doge experience is really f... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Yes @charles1dad you are correct. My 300 b uses Lundahl PT and OPT and I think it makes a big difference. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @grovergardner , You are the voice of reason and a wealth of knowledge. Many folks hop in to spew diarrhea of the mind with no point, or only to criticize. This is, after all, a passionate hobby for most of us! Thank you! I'll take you up on t... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I'm off to Discogs to do some "retail therapy", and buy some nice pressing that will make me smile and stop thinking about what a mess Bob Carver's amp appears to be. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Sad results. The machine Amir at ASR reviewed had worse build quality than mine, in the form of super high gauge wire going to the speaker output terminals, a missing bolt, and so on. Disgraceful. Mine also has no chassis grounding, which is a... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @grovergardner ---Thank you! I may try that for fun soon. I appreciate your help. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Thank you @grovergardner ! Great intel! I'm wondering if I could make a switch to adjust the damping factor as a project. Hmmm... | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air Seeing as you love the LS50s, you could try Feed the KEFs with a tube amp Try a tube preamp-e.g, Schitt Freya Tube Preamp, removing the NAD (under your budget) Add a high quality, musical subwoofer Each of these has some big benefits and... |