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| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @jbhiller I also use Brimar 12AT7s, and the Gold Lion 12AX7s. No noise problems yet. I *did* have an issue shortly after purchase--one channel developed distortion. After some inital hassle (Covid was just appearing in China) I managed to get t... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier OMG! I just noticed you have a Doge DAC 7! I LOVE mine. I only know one other person who has one. What tubes are you using in it? But regarding the Crimson, I'll bet a case of nice Oregon wine that a classic Williamson--like the Heathkit W2, ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I'll suggest some evaluation at this point. IMO, the amp is cleverly designed to provide 17wpc continuous across the bandwidth at low distortion, with some pretty fair peak power into 8 ohms. It's a "concept" amp, and as such it succeeds, IMO--a... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier jbhiller, what you could do is run clip leads from each negative speaker terminal to the corresponding outer shells of the inout jacks, thereby bypassing this feature, and see if it sounds different. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier jbhiller, don't swap out those resistors. They provide "current feedback" from the output transformer, you won't gain anything by changing them. To the contrary, some feel the amp might be improved by bypassing them. Many amps in the 50's offer... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I question whether it was as much about "cheaping out" as it was about creating a *lightweight* yet powerful tube amp. Small couping caps notwithstanding (they've gotten a lot smaller these days due to better manufacturing techniques), I'd propos... |