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| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @jbhiller Totally agree! Haha that reminds me several years ago - I had 400 Watts/ch Parasound JC1 monoblocks, then VAC Auricle 80 Watt KT88 monoblocks - and picked up a pair of 50 year-old 20 Watt Heathkit W4 mono amps (restored buy Gordon) on ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @jbhiller Absolutely, I agree listening results come first. This is specifically about whether Carver needs to down-rate its amplifiers, not whether the amp deserves to exist. Likewise, it raises the question: do we have a problem in the high-en... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Honestly if I were an owner right now, a solid 60 Watts x2 would be OK with me, even at THD a point or 2 above 1%. I’d certainly be disappointed at being sold misleading/erroneous specifications, but that would be "close enough" - 60 versus 75 is ... | |
| ARC Reference 6 Paired with Cary Monoblock Amps? I don't have experience with your speakers & amps but I doubt you'd have an issue. Some will say "ARC likes to match to ARC" but I matched the Ref 6 to both VAC and Rogue tube amps and it performed beautifully. Certainly the quietest tube prea... | |
| Tube virgin looking for tube amp under $3k @lucky_doggg7 I almost bought a pair of VACs like those a couple years ago, but ended up splashing out for a pair of new 200iQ. At that listing price they should be a solid deal. 160 Watts/ch of tube power (to be fair that's probably pushing the... | |
| VPI's website down This comment from audioasylum user "Waxxy" over there: I doubt you will see the VPI forum again. It started as a fun place to share our pride & joys and quickly became a repository for all the glitches and problems with VPIs. There was almo... | |
| Suggestion between benchmark Ahb2, Bob carver crimson 275 and rogue atlas magnum 2 amos @pwoodard922 Awesome! Great choice. That Rogue is a powerhouse; it will hit its rated power (honestly) and gives a good dose of the positives of tube sound without any nasties (sluggish, soft sound, weak bass). Rogue support is also stellar, but... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @snapsc From the manual specs section, on power: More than 75 Watts Per Channel, both channels driven at eight ohms, from 20Hz to 20kHz with no more than 1% total harmonic distortion. Distortion decreases at lower levels. Oh my - it spec’d th... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @jbhiller 😥 Thanks for that, though. Now we might expect some sort of tug of war over what constitutes acceptable bandwidth at power, THD limits, and measuring setups - and how this should all filter down to single power #. It’s perhaps interes... | |
| ''Óriginal parts'', ''identity '' and ''retip'' conundrum @best-groove +1, largely incomprehensible, and not just from a language barrier. Raul's English isn't perfect either, but I can tell exactly what his point is. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Sure that’s cool, now all Carver has to do is explain how 19 lbs of tube amp from his factory breaks the laws of physics to drive an honest 75 Watts per side 😂 It will definitely involve "magic transformers". I guess they didn't have the magic on... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I used to play around with vintage tube amps. Lovely sounding amps, in the range of 20 - 35 Watts. With 90dB speakers, an honest 20 Watts is plenty to drive them quite loud for LOTS of music. It'll even sound very pleasing, too - good to the last ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I agree listening enjoyment is most important to our hobby. I’m no fan of ASR - they put listening dead last. But outright false claims by manufacturers can also damage the hobby. And I don’t see how these particular amps come close to hitting the... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Carver’s own specs: 19 lbs for a Crimson 275 rated @ 2x 75 Watts?? That’s ridiculously lightweight, for a tube amp. That puts it in the class of a console-pull EL84 amp pushing ~ 15 Watts a side. No amount of Bob Carver "magic tech" talk can make ... | |
| Recommended S.S. amp type for TANNOY 15'' speakers @whitecap The C2300 is spec'd at 220 ohms, which is excellent for a tube preamp - so I don't see how that could have any issues driving the Pass amp. Matching brand & line of pre to power is not necessary. On my Tannoys I've mixed and matc... |