Jim,
I appreciate your feedback on this thread, and I would suggest that you encourage, if possible, audiophiles to whom you have sold the amp to chime in on the thread with their experiences with their particular systems. I think this amp might well be outstanding, but I am still surprised that that here are no extant customer reviews of the amp. I reckon far fewer folks have a Don Sachs KT88 tube amp, but there are many reviews of his unit on this forum.
Absent those reviews, I will say that you offer an excellent opportunity for folks on the fence about the worthiness of this tube amp to give it a try in their system. Bob Carver is a genius and if this amp is found to be similar in performance to the 350 mono-block tubes amps that are much heralded for good reason, then I expect you will sell lots of them. |
I get a lot of feedback like this with Bob Carver products. I’ll start posting them. I have Email addresses if anyone would like to contact my customers direct. Happy customers are the best advertising. Christoph is a wonderful gentleman from Switzerland. In his own words. Unmodified. Hi JimThank you very much for sending me thewonderful Crimson 275. I had some time tolisten to my new music gear constellation.Here is a little feedback: (but please forgive my bad english)––––––––––The very nice made amp has a wonderful glitter paintwork,I think it’s signed by Bob Carver’s hand!? I like how it looks!First of all, the small size catches the eye.Even the weight is only about half of my old oneTube amplifier.But I do not fool about the weight! All that matters is the sound.To put the tubes into this amp is a children’s game!Plug in. Biascheck (was already accurate) – finished!No eternal screw with the multimeter.Let’s go, I’m curious!––––––––––First I listened to my all-time favoritesPink Floyd, Wish you were here, Shine on you Crazy Diamond.super detailed resolution: the sparkling stars at the beginning. Beautifully spatial.The transition and beginning “Welcome to the Machine” is almost scary.Wow.Bowie’s Space OddityIt almost makes me cry, goose bupms!Beatles, CAN, Silver Apples, Clapton, The Who, Hendrix, JoplinWhat should I say: I have never heard them any better.And I really listen to this kind of music since long time.Time to test some newer music:Flaming Lips “Free Radicals“OK, that blows you away! I hope that’s what my speakers endure Max Richter, Sleep, Dream 1: Hypnotic!Marc Robot is one of my favorite musiciansI have seen him about 10 times on stage.However, the sound has never been as accurate as in my sound room.Meldody Gardot, awesome! There sound worlds open.––––––––––Whether psychedelic, jazz, classical, pop, electronic.The transparent resolution, stage-image and the tonal spectrum is awesome!I was a little bit skeptical about this “listen to the room” function.My listening room is quite small.But the spatial representation is really much, much betterclearer and more spacious than with my old amplifier.The bass is very crisp, bone-dry and goes very deep.My old amp (Destiny Experience) was more of a roar in the room.The bass with the 275 does not hang in the corner.It’s somehow more physical present.The mids are very good and lively, I would say the amp has liquid, golden mids, very nice!The heights airy and precise but without the ears aching peak.––––––––––Size and weight apparently do not matter, when a genius head builds an amp!Small device – gigantic sound!It’s incredibly fun to enjoy the sound.There is such a vitality into musicI can fully recommend the Bob Carver Crimson 275!An amazing device I love it!Jim, I would like to thank you very much!And please greet Bob Carver and Frank Malitz from me.The Bob Carver Crimson 275 amplifier is awesome!Christoph
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Very impressive, no doubt. Thanks, Jim.
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I'd like to see a pic of the insides if anybody has one. Not interested in buying one, just curious. I owned a few Carver pieces back in the 80's. |
Actually, I am not sure why I am surprised at the lightweight transformers he is using in the amp. I still have in my possession, a Carver MCT moving coil transformer that he sold and priced at $ 149. at the time ( it might have been $ 129. ). It was better than my M.A. Cotter, my Denon, and several other mc transformers and head amps I owned ( I owned many and heard many ). I, too, sold, and owned Carver gear ( I recently sold a Yamaha B6 amp, yes the Darth Vader unit, using his design. ). As an aside, It is my understanding Yamaha stole the design, without permission or an agreement with Carver, which is why it did was not available for very long. I should have kept it, just to have, but I was made an offer I could not refuse. I had his earlier Phase Linear gear, and always respected it and never had a problem with any of it, although some people called it Flame Linear ( pros, mostly ). I do believe Bob Carver is as brilliant as they come, and it might just be a perfect match for my modified / tweaked Lascalas. When I was " in the field ", I was sent many loaners of audio products to experience, some even before the actual release date, without exchange of money. I am tempted to contact Bob, and reintroduce myself, to get a loaner. This is how good this amplifier seems to be. Enjoy ! MrD. |
