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| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly I've heard the golden lion KT88 reissues are very good. I'm thinking of getting them. | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Anyone rolled the 12AX7 and 12A7? The best I've tried so far is the Psvanes. They sound better to me than the NOS Telefunken smooth plate 12AX7 and RCA 12AT7 combination. | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly According to Bob Carver, there should not be a significant difference in sound between the two amps except for the extra headroom of the BBs. I have heard that the KT120s on the BBs may sound a little sweeter up top than the stock KT88s in the Che... | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review JV and The Absolute Sound liked it enough that BB got product of the year and editor choice awards. | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Hi Vic, thanks for the description of sound of the NuForce. I would contact Bob Carver, LLC and make sure those tubes won't cause a problem if you decide to directly plug them into your amp without rewiring. | |
| How Many People Here Know About Lenehan Speakers I've heard of them and read the review on their 2-way monitors. They seem to be well made, but face stiff competition from Vapor Audio, Green Mountain Audio, Silverline audio, etc here in the US. I've seen your posts extolling Lenehan speakers and... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Hi Ait, I did not say vintage transformers are better. For the eBay Cherry 180s, Bob used pie wound vintage transformers that he bought when he was in college, I believe. Pie winding was important in the old days when the "iron" wasn't as good as ... | |
| Cary 805, deHavilland or Atma-Sphere? Anyone cares Hi Sabai, I'm glad your S30 worked out for you and your speakers. My OTL amp didn't work out in my system. OTLs are more finicky and speaker dependent compared to other amps I've owned."With all due respect, I don't find that using the Spelz Zeros... | |
| Cary 805, deHavilland or Atma-Sphere? Anyone cares Al, point well taken. I stand corrected. Then perhaps Atmasphere should just have built in autoformers in their amps. | |
| Cary 805, deHavilland or Atma-Sphere? Anyone cares No disrespect to Ralph, but I think there are significant drawbacks to OTL designs, including Atmasphere. I've owned the latest M60 with all the factory upgrades except for the volume control option. First, speaker choices are limited to those tha... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Vicdamone, how does the NuForce Ref 9 sound compared to the Cherry 180? I have not had Class D amps in my system. I've heard them in other systems and at shows, but the sound never won me over. | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Voskhod 12AX7 for only $1.70! Let us know how it sounds. However, it looks like you have to rewire the filament connection because it only accepts 6.3 V, not 12.6 V. Not sure how the 12AX7s in the Carvers are connected. | |
| Recommendations for Amp/speaker combo for $10,000 Try the Bob Carver Cherry 180 (200 watt) tube mono blocks with built in volume control and Magnaplanar 1.7 or Reference 3A MM DeCapo. Transparency, truth of timbre, incredible soundstage/imaging, dynamics, life-like sound. You won't get ultimate b... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly If anyone hasn't noticed, the Carver Black Beauty Amp won Editors Choice and Product of the Year awards by The Absolute Sound for 2012. And for some of you trying to figure out what boutique capacitor the amp uses (it doesn't), I would pay more at... | |
| Hookup wire for tube amplifier? Hard to describe but it is a very detailed, slippery, fast sound especially noticeable in the high frequency. Not sure if I would call it plastic sound. |