jbhiller
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| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Yes @charles1dad you are correct. My 300 b uses Lundahl PT and OPT and I think it makes a big difference. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @grovergardner , You are the voice of reason and a wealth of knowledge. Many folks hop in to spew diarrhea of the mind with no point, or only to criticize. This is, after all, a passionate hobby for most of us! Thank you! I'll take you up on t... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I'm off to Discogs to do some "retail therapy", and buy some nice pressing that will make me smile and stop thinking about what a mess Bob Carver's amp appears to be. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Sad results. The machine Amir at ASR reviewed had worse build quality than mine, in the form of super high gauge wire going to the speaker output terminals, a missing bolt, and so on. Disgraceful. Mine also has no chassis grounding, which is a... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @grovergardner ---Thank you! I may try that for fun soon. I appreciate your help. | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Thank you @grovergardner ! Great intel! I'm wondering if I could make a switch to adjust the damping factor as a project. Hmmm... | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air Seeing as you love the LS50s, you could try Feed the KEFs with a tube amp Try a tube preamp-e.g, Schitt Freya Tube Preamp, removing the NAD (under your budget) Add a high quality, musical subwoofer Each of these has some big benefits and... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I wouldn't think so, but Bob has a PhD in physics. His response suggests it will. I'd bet it won't, but who am I? It will be sad if he goes into retirement making this representation--that it, it will exceed 75 w per channel, both channels dri... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I wish I didn't sell off my old PSBs, B&Ws, Monitor Audio, and hungry Totems. :) | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier +1 Charles1dad. @funky54 , you are correct in that misrepresentations are unacceptable. If someone is buying a 75w push pull tube amp for 84dB speakers with nominal impedance of 3 ohms I doubt they would ever look at this thing. But the Company... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Please note: this post is not related to testing but improving the amp. Bob's response on the Carver forum identified R53 and R26 as doing the following: "Note that one end of the resistor is connected to amplifier ground, the other to the nega... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier @jjptkd, Glad you are enjoying it. Same here--my speakers are Cornwall IVs so my listening is not likely indicative of how the amp can pair with less sensitive speakers. It had no problem though driving Wharfedale Linton Heritage speakers. | |
| Sale on Marantz PM Ki Ruby Integrated! The Ruby SACD/DAC is quite heavy! Just running it in now... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Well, Bob has opened a can of worms. Grounding systems can be wily. I’m going to sit back and watch what ensues out there. I do wholeheartedly agree with Bob in that the amp sounds big and sweet. It’s a fun ride regardless of what wattage it puts... | |
| Sale on Marantz PM Ki Ruby Integrated! If it is as well made and as nice looking as the Ruby integrated, I'm going to be pleased. Sure it would be. Folks I know who have experience with it say the DAC is outstanding. |