jbhiller
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| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier A little birdie told me that the amps subject of ASR's testing were, in fact, $600 kit amps--differing in quality from actual units sold with serial numbers. It doesn't come as a surprise that folks over at ASR believe they've uncovered a fraud.... | |
| Primaluna? PL makes great quality good sounding amps. I owned one. Pros --Superb customer service --Excellent build quality (almost in the top tier) --Easy to operate, great features, and reliability --Some of the best remote controls in the busi... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I read the Audiosciencereview site testing and forum posts on this amp. A couple of thoughts. Folks, especially those who tested it, seem very confident that the amp cannot make spec output, uses Edcor PT and/or OPTs, and is a fraud. The ori... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @funky54, I'm curious to read the fire from other cites/posts. Can you put up some links? fiesta75, Can you tell us why you believe the 275 is a disappointment? Did you/do you own one? What experience do you have with the amp? What is ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Georgie Fame, Get Away Donna Summer, Bad Girls The Meters, Rejuvenation Dire Straits, Dire Straits | |
| Cartridge alignment, WallyTractor, SmartTractor, oscilloscope and Analogmaigk. I have the Feickert. It's a nice machine. However, setting the pivot to spindle is not so easy on my Technics 1200 GAE. It's kind of tricky to get the thing to hit and stay on the very dead center. Interestingly, if I ditch the Feickert and ... | |
| Upgrading Cartridge - $1000 Soup'er Holiday Edition I like the ART9 on the G series Technics tables. I haven’t heard the others. it’s a great cart. Worth every penny. | |
| Help with Cartridge choice I would echo your instinct on the Audio Technica ART 9. I had one. Superb cartridge for the money. And, even if it was 2x the price it would be worth it. I cannot tell for sure but I think it is a decent match for that arm, but I've never been t... | |
| Tube Amp for Klipsch Forte IV's? Black Ice F-22 or Willsenton R8 with upgraded tubes? I had the Forte IIIs and moved up to Cornwall IVs. I drove the Fortes with all sorts of amps of varying power levels. The Willsenton is a very, very good amp. You should also look at Doge Audio. They use better parts than Willsenton--the own... | |
| Beginner wishes to build tube amp I built three Elekit amps. They are perfect for the first timer because the instructions and layout is super. Not to mention, Elekit products sound great. You can definitely take 1-2 hours of YouTube lessons on soldering and board stuffing an... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA I agree (albeit generally) with the Tech (who is quoted in the video by the video maker) -- PP sounds a bit better when it's limited to a couple tubes per side. I think we lose a bit of mojo when PP uses a bunch on each side. Is this you in the ... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition Vincent SA-T7. Super holographic and quiet. Shamelessly, here's one I have to sell with a great host of NOS rare tubes. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisaeagb-vincent-sa-t7-tube | |
| Next MC Cartridge Advice/Recommendations Thank you Rauliruegas! | |
| speaker choice for new 20x30 audio room @carzmaguy88, You mentioned Cornwalls. I have the Cornwall IVs in a 16 x 23 room with 10’ ceilings. They are great. One advantage to them over some of the suggestions is efficiency. If you want to file a 20 x 30 room with mid level or low level ... | |
| Limited Vinyl Reissues from Target--yes the store I use Discogs like an addict. But prices, like most things these days, are very high for good pressings. It's nice to find new vinyl that actually sounds good, because that isn't always the case unfortunately. |