paulbottlehead
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| Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark If you are going to pay a lot of money for Chinese speakers, cut out the European middlemen and get something from Aurum Cantus. | |
| Was my friend given misinformation. An AVR will convert all of the analog inputs to digital, then use a digital volume control, digital signal processing, etc., then go back to analog for amplification. The AVR will have lots of extra output channels and you'll end up paying for th... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier The 30 days appears to no longer be a limiting factor: https://carverstereoforum.com/forums/topic/bob-carvers-response-to-275-forum-controversy/ | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier That has definitely not always been the case. Someone asked him about returning a 275 they bought from him two years prior and he said no on the 15th of January because it was outside the 30 day return window, then went in and edited that answer ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier He did say customers can send them back to Carver for a refund. | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @carlsbad The amp came from the distributor with a loose screw rattling around. Say that screw rolled against the power switch and rested against the chassis, which is 100% plausible, now you have a chassis at 120V and you would be relying on hav... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier The subjective sound quality of the 275 has never been in question. The specifications, however, are very much in question. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Is it 60W sustained if that blew the fuse? Does 60W at 1% THD/1kHz matter when you're looking at single digit power at 1% THD above 5kHz and down in the bass? | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Power problems are apparent here. Less than 2W available at less than 1% THD over 5kHz. The 20Hz trace is also not so great. Self-explanatory. A 1kHz burst tone can let almost 75W out, but a 1-2 second tone cannot. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier The speaker ground vs. audio ground issue was brought to my attention and I tried the suggestion of connecting my FFT to the audio ground instead of the speaker ground and it made no appreciable difference. Amir is also aware of this and I believ... | |
| China built tube amps I have a unique perspective since I repair Chinese amps along with the more garden variety vintage and new stuff. Some of the Chinese amps are pretty horrible and should be avoided at all costs. Here's a fake NCC capacitor. The logo text is j... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I believe Bob Carver sold to Frank Malitz in 2019, and the amps I have here are from 2018 and one is hand signed by Bob as well. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I posted the measurements firs to HiFi Haven, then to ASR, and I am happy to answer any questions about how I performed the measurements. It was pointed out to me by a Carver dealer that the units I have are not serialized, so I went ahead and bo... |