stickman451
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| Best amplifier for magnapan mg12. Check out the Carver Cherry 180 or Black Beauty 350 monoblocks. There are reivews of these two very powerful tube amps, in Absolute Sound by Jonathan Valin, EnjoyTheMusic.com by Dick Olsher, and video reviews on avshowrooms.com and on YouTube. I u... | |
| Audio Research Ref 150 or 250 with Maggie I have the 20.7's, had the 3.6's previously. IMO you will be disappointed with the AR 150's, not enough power. The 250's will do the job, but are a very pricey option. I have tried many amps with my Maggies and the best by a wide margin are the tu... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 BTW, both Dick Olsher and Jonathan Valin wrote reviews of the Carver amps and basically said that the Carvers were excellent matches for the Maggies. Read this:http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/0512/bob_carver_cherry_180_tube_mo... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Guys, I read this entire thread and got lost a couple of times but here is my thought. The Ref 150 is NOT a good amp for any of the Maggies. Sell the 150 and try a pair of Carver Cherry 180's or even better a pair of his Black Beauty 305's. The Bl... | |
| Thiel 3.7 with tube amps and room size Your room is fairly large but not HUGE. Are you concerned about the Carvers' ability to adequately drive the Thiels? I use the the Carver BB 305's in my 17.5x26x9 room to drive Magnepan 20.7's and the amps do not break a sweat no matter how loudly... | |
| MSB Analog DAC experience Davt, i have the MSB Analog DAC with the upgraded Power Supply and I like it a LOT! I opted for the volume control too, but really only for re-sell protection. I run the MSB into my tubed Holvland HP-100 pre. I use a Mac Mini as my music server wi... | |
| Amp question for Maggies Have you looked at the new Carver mono blocks? The first generation Black Beauty 305's uses KT-120's (approx 350 watts into the 4 ohm Maggies) and there is also the Cherry 180's which is approx 225 watts into 4 ohms. I have the Magnepan 20.7's and... | |
| What is Your Favorite CornScala So, which ALK cross-over should I use with the Crite's B?Thx | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review Have you tried the KT-150's in a Black Beauty 305? Is the change worth investing in a set of KT 150's? | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review Milsap, what has Bob told you will improve with the KT-150's? More power? I am using the Black Beauty 305's (KT-120's) to drive my Magnepan 20.7's with good results, but I do wonder if a power boost with the KT-150's would be benefical. | |
| Where is All the DSD? Yep, as usual, they want to charge us too much for the same music again... How many times do we have to pay the record companies for a copy of our favorite album(s) which we bought on plain classic vinyl, then on cassette for the car, then on "Per... | |
| KT-150's and Carver Black Beauty Mono Blocks I asked Carver himself and said that he was 99% it would work no problem, but I never got a good idea of how the 150's would sound vs the 120's. | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review wondering if anyone is still enjoying their BB 305's or the Cherry 180's? I got a set of the Black Beauty 305's several days ago and I have to say that I am pretty impressed so far; they drive my big Magnepan 20.7's without breaking a sweat! Very ... | |
| Subwoofer Newbie Looking for Recommendations thx; i have gotten a number of dealer recommendations to try the big REL's, like their G-2 | |
| Best Power cords for Clayton M300 & Bob Carver 305 I just purchased a pair of the Carver 305 KT-120 tube monoblocks are so far I am extremely impressed with them. A friend brought over his new Triode Wire Labs American 7 power cords and we replaced the Pangea's that I had been using; astonishing i... |