AMC CVT 2100A Tube Amplifier
NotaSuv
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Any one have any experience with or have listened to this amp? Friend has one for sale but he's more than a days drive away....thanks in advance for any input.
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Supposed to be pretty good, if not very good. AMC made some solid gear. An off shoot of some sort of NAD.
Be ware some of the models don't allow for easy tube rolling as the tubes are soldered in. The stock tubes are very inexpensive.
With the right knowledge I'm pretty sure you can retro-fit sockets. The later models had sockets.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul! -
"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul! -
Those look soldered in and not easy to get out. Still there might be some info on the 'net about adding sockets.
Or just get a really good quad of Tung Sol's or SED Winged C and solder them in and forget about it. Not as much difference tube rolling power tubes vs. signal/driver tubes.
This is a hybrid amp in that the front end is solid state and the back end is tubes."Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul! -
Thanks, have found a bit of info on the net and a lot of positive reviews
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