The nice thing about QS Silver 88s is you can run a variety of output tubes in them. With my QS Mono 120s I’m limited to KT150s or KT120s, higher plate voltages. With really good tubes and upgraded coupling caps, the 88s can hold their own against many tube amps at 2x the price. Not your super fast super dynamic snappy amps with high damping factor some people crave. Best to stay with solid state amps for that. All mono KT88 tube goodness for sure with these :)
Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed?
Only reason I ask is because it will be pushing Salk Veracity Ht2-TL’s... Im coming off a Belles Aria, which was fantastic, but wanted to try something different. My concern is the low wattage of the Raven and low sensitivity of the salks, but my Belles 75 watts sounded better than 3 other nice 225 watt integrateds.
So, anyone with experience with the Raven Blackhawk LE pushing somewhat low sensitivity speakers chime in and let me know.
So, anyone with experience with the Raven Blackhawk LE pushing somewhat low sensitivity speakers chime in and let me know.
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That sub out thing with the Blackhawk is strange. Would like to hear from the vendor if that is by design or something else. Agree I would not want a unit designed with a fixed level output to a sub. That sounds like design flaw which makes me wonder. WIth that out put and the high pass filter feature, sounds like they tried to make the amp integrate flexibly with subs out of the box by design but failed due to that.There is a video where Dave questions this feature with James ???? https://youtu.be/Gcd76DZmbdY |
Got the Kinki EX-M1 in my system yesterday. Friggin fed ex smashed the crap out of it. Filed a claim, we’ll see what happens. Unit is working properly, I believe. Ran hot today but its hot here and Im pushing my speakers pretty hard for 4 hours now... both knobs on the front are loose / smashed inwards. I can’t believe how fed dx treats our equipment. Ludicrous. Sounds pretty special though. The imaging, separation within the soundstage, image depth and width, black background, zero distortion, detail, pretty amazing. The bass is stupid, the mids and voices just float eerily in space, and the highs are there but not offensive. The Raven on TMR is the one I had. I bought it from them. Great sounding amp but with the sub out issue and cosmetic issues, I didn’t want that to be my most expensive purchase ever, so I opted to buy a pristine Kinki and then have Fed Ex drag it behind the truck for 1500 miles |
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