jbhiller
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| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Thanks @tomic601 @mulveling , you make good points. It's still a fine little amp. One of the biggest reasons I purchased it was its ability to drive all sorts of speakers. I seriously question it can drive a 4 ohm load at 75 watts even at peak... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Also, now that I feel it’s appropriate to pile on with questions given the evidence... Even though Frank says these amps are always sold out, they were always available at Music Direct. Just recently, Music Direct’s website started saying the ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Well, Curiosity and my love of drilling down to get to an answer got the best of me. I took the PCB off its mounts and got to the output transformer. I didn't not get to both OPTs, as this would be more work and I think we can assume both OPTs... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @funky54, Yes, I do think they need to just get to it and explain more about the transformers and testing. I have half a mind to open mine up to inspect the transformer situation. When will the sloppy guys at ASR be testing a legit one with a... | |
| Schitt Loki Max I agree. I think the pricepoint is amazing given the level of engineering and quality of the unit. It seems they designed this to fit into even high end systems. Go Schitt! @raysmtb1 , that is the funniest and smartest thing I've heard all ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Thank you for chiming in Frank. It looks like that ASR folks could have been more scientific in ensuring they were testing an actual amplifier built in California by Wyred4Sound. Now, this still leaves open the issue, what JJSS and Atmas-Phere a... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I agree Charles1Dad! @fmalitz , we are waiting with bated breath! | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Keeping me laughing and having fun tomic601! Thank you! | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Oh, Ralph, I'll think about opening it up again. I'd have to remove all the guts to get to the trannies. Not something I'm keen on doing, but I could.... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Ralph! Always great to hear from you. I've learned much from you over the years and, from what I can tell from due diligence, you have yet to steer me wrong. As far as the little birdie, I contacted Frank Malitz by email letting him know folks ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Yes, let's see how it plays out. I may even open mine up to take a look. It's tough to get into the transformer covers as you have to remove the circuit boards completely, which is a PIA! The amp does sound great. I had it side by side with ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Kinda silly.. doesn’t take an engineer to look up the transformer part number and see it’s only rated for 15 watts. . Doesn’t take an engineer to measure output at only 15 to 17 watts per channel.. pick on science nerds all you want. Well, it ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Modjeski like Carver a genius… Yes, they both are! Good points Tomic | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I did drive Wharfedale Linton Heritage speakers with the Crimson too. They are reportedly 90dB efficient and 6 ohm nominal impedance. Had gobs of power for those loudspeakers. Maybe 17 watts is all you need. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Funky54, I think you are making a big assumption, which may be true or it may not be true. That assumption is that ASR's testing was accurate and that it actually had a Crimson 275. The models ASR tested did not have serial numbers. The build... |