Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed?

Seems that one of my posts yesterday (now removed) was a bit too strongly worded for some people, or they didn't realize some of the interactions in the thread.

I was defending another member that was being attacked for providing reasonable input, and did not appear to be offensive (maybe I missed something). Sad part is that I was dragged through the mud by people that didn't connect the dots first to understand things.

I have always found very helpful information on this site, and appreciate that people are willing to take the time to share their experiences, knowledge, etc. The members that do this are helping far more people than they know; I wonder how many people read/research/learn here versus post.

Sad that people from other countries come to this site for info and have to see the carnage in some of these threads. Makes no sense that some people are unable to disagree without being rude... but I guess it's not that simple when you consider things like mental health issues, personality disorders, etc. Or maybe someone is just having a bad day? But the repeat offenders... they are not in a good light, just low EQ and unaware of themselves in social situations. Some people actually don't know when they cross the line; completely unaware of it. The ones doing it on purpose are just plain sad.

She’s just funnin’ with everyone. Soon she’ll get bored and go back to her room and play with her coveted Barbie doll collection!!

Probably not meant to offend anyone other than the person they are responding to, but the irony is incredible. Long-time members were just pondering a week or two about why there aren't more women participating on this site, yet go on like this, or the thread the other day about whisky and waking up with women in Mexico. Then we'll start over next weekend wondering why this or that person doesn't feel comfortable here.

Haven’t really followed the thread for a few days... looks like it took a turn,


Anyways, still enjoying the Raven. 
I do wish it had more power but thats available, just costs more money.  The sound quality is fantastic and Im having a ball with rolling tubes and learning what sounds like what. I bought this amp used and it came with a bunch of tubes.  All of them are decent if not good.  
Anyways, I am really satisfied with the sound quality.  It really is just awesome.  
@Millercarbon, if the sub out isn’t variable, there is no way to adjust it seperate from the Ravens volume control unless another preamp is used before the raven...

are you trying to tell me that the integrated raven amp needs an additional pre amp in order to be able to adjust the volume of the speakers and sub together?

not having a variable outlut for a subwoofer is pointless and I’ve never come across or heard of such a thing.  Are you telling me that I have to adjust the volume of the sub sverytime time I adjust the volume on the Raven?  Thats stupid.  You still don’t get it...

b_limo,

Thanks for sharing your experience!
Good info for many, as I am considering the move to a tube integrated myself. I hope the sub-out vs. volume control has a reasonable solution.

Does the amp give off much heat?

@b_limo
So you came back over to the dark side, good for you :) A friend in common shared the news about your incoming Raven. I was about to send you a note to say this, just saw your reply and was about to share thoughts like 1) it will sound very nice, and 2) and won’t go super loud or dynamic. Seems you’ve discovered this already. Your 4-6ohm 88db Salks will definitely benefit from more power IF you still like to listen to music loud. If not, may require getting use to listening at lower levels.
Tip: make sure you are in love with the Raven amp before parting with your Salks for other more efficient speakers. Dave at Raven needs to get with the program and build some affordable KT88 60-80w monos for speakers like yours. Enjoy the tube listening again!