Butler TDB 5150 Amp -- Anyone hear this yet?

Paltomare, how about an update on your buzzing Butler? Cause? Cure? Your first and ONLY post on the first day of joining A'gon? Lots of questons here. The only answer I have is your "detailed and dynamic" description of the 150wpc@8ohms Butler tube hybrid amps. You sure your not the one with the buzz? J/K ;›D Regards, Robin

Nothing to report just yet, haven't heard from BK yet, he's had the amp only a week though. He thought it may not have had the upgrade. By the way, been a member for about 9 months, oh and I'm having a Newcastle right now, yummy.

Upgrade Paltomare?? Mind sharing,,, a Newcastle too? LOL Regards, Robin

Update on the buzzing Butler. I got it back last week. They replaced the power transformer, installed the rectifier cooling upgrade and re-biased the amp. The amp has been running great ever since. Upon connecting it back into my system I still heard a slight buzz, so over the weekend I disconnected every component and discovered it was coming from my cable signal passing through my processor onto the amp. I now run the cable signal through a filter and all is silent. The oddest thing is that neither the Sunfire or Denon I had hooked up reproduced that buzz. So this story has a happy ending, Butler is a great company and makes a wonderful product. Not sure why it is not more popular.

This rectifier cooling upgrade, is there a specific reason for needing this done? From what BK has told me, these hybrid tube amps are practically bulletproof. With my 3150's, I'm only running 3 channels off my transformer instead of 5, less stress on the tranny and more headroom dynamics for the channels. I wanta thank you Paltomare for these updates, MUCH appreciated! Regards, Robin