Show me your ****(embly), and let me get in your guts baby!

engtaz

fredv was nice enough to let me try he's tube pre. WOW. I listened to 3 different types of music.
Carver C-5 and fredv's tube with my 2 channel setup.

1. Skillet -"Comatose"
Winner is Carver C-5. Rock music need the shrill highs and sharp sounds. The tube pre sounds good but tended to mellow out rock too much. Guitars were a bit muted.

2. Little Big Town -"Boondocks"
Winner is tube pre. Great separation of their vocals and instruments. C-5 comparatively was not bad at it but tube pre was better. On this recording, the tube pre let the guitar and other instruments came out clear and separated. All came out clear.

3. Allison Krauss -"Away Down The River"
Winner is tube pre. Allison's voice can get a little edgy on C-5 because she has such great range. Tube pre took off the edge that I heard on the C-5 and was beautiful.

Ending thoughts:
C-5 great all around pre. Still a keeper.
fredv tube pre show me why tubes are loved.
I had my son come in to listen with me and we both came to the same conclusions.

( The amazing thing about SS and tubes is that they are so different, that some instruments and/or vocals in songs were missing or spread apart or bunched together. I really never thought that there would be such a difference in the pre you add to you system. )

Thanks again fredv,
engtaz

hearingimpared

Welcome to tubes Roy! Once you get that bug you never go back . . . the same with vinyl.:D;)

zingo

Tubes are sweet, and you listen to Skillet?!?

Nice pic BTW.

engtaz

Skillet, Santus Real, MercyMe, Unhindered, Steller Kart, Disciple, Underoath are some of the groups we listen to. I tend to like all music. My selections for testing should indicate that.

engtaz

ward91

sherwood avr

ward91

crown xs500 pro pa power amp rms output 1600 into 4ohm briged or 4oowpc at 8ohm. amd a messy table

ward91

my old pa power amp

fredv

Thanks for the great review especially coverage of other listening materials that I don't usually listen to. I just ordered some teflon bypass caps, and hopefully, they will add a little more speed to facilitate the rocks. Overall, I am very happy with this $120 investment :-)

ward91

vintage rotel ra402 tuner amp 2*25w

steveinaz

stereo guts are cool.

ward91

540r version 2 look its diferent to the other 540 posted earlier on

ward91

a bit different but deffinetley interesting.

its the assembely from a hitachi projector , i took it apart hoping to fix it but part of the assembely had physicaly burnt on the surface of the glass/lense/thing

ward91

marker wrote: »

Cambridge Audio Azur 540R AVR

origonal 540r

DarqueKnight

A heavyweight compared to most Blu-ray players. The BDP-S2000ES weighs 16.75 pounds compared to the typical 7 to 10 pounds for other players. The aluminum case top weighs 6 pounds, which is 35% of the players total weight. The BDP-S2000ES features extensive use of vibration damping construction and materials.

I found the picture and sound quality to be excellent.

george daniel

Here is a couple of pics of the Anthem Amp One that I got from Noel(ND13),, just put some Jenzen oil caps in her and currently burning them in.You can see a couple ot em' peeking out from under the EL-34's. BTW, the wife helped with a couple of soldering tasks,,thank you Janice.

brody05

My baby, the Verastarr 6.4se with some upgrades.

mhardy6647

12-ish VDC space charge tubes glowin' in a Pete Millett hybrid headphone amp/preamp.
Photography by our son (of course).

http://www.pmillett.com/hybrid_head.htm
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showpost.php?p=507282&postcount=192

gdb

Anyone interested in tube amplification (at a bargain price) might want to check these out. Bob periodically builds and sells these on ebay,he also gave a pair away at CarverFest 2008 that people are still buzzing about. If I ever try the tube route, I'd like to have them myself! ( it's a long thread and a large site, so, if they've been posted before, my bad!!:o)Geoff
http://www.carveraudio.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=5340

ben62670

Xiaofeng6 wrote: »

For some Mac users the following are some useful converters for iPod/iPhone/PSP/Zune…
Mac Video Converter
Mac Mp4 Video Converter
Mac iPhone Video Converter
Mac iPod Video Converter
Video Converter for Mac
Mac Video to AVI Converter

reported:rolleyes:

Face

Pass B1 Buffer Pre.

CaligulaPolk

Here you go!!

steveinaz

I love hi-fi guts.

Gaara

Face wrote: »

Pass B1 Buffer Pre.

Where is the amp's guts? Damn, i knew those things were simple on the inside, but wow.

Face

Gaara wrote: »

Where is the amp's guts? Damn, i knew those things were simple on the inside, but wow.

You must be referring to this.

ben62670

george daniel wrote: »

Here is a couple of pics of the Anthem Amp One that I got from Noel(ND13),, just put some Jenzen oil caps in her and currently burning them in.You can see a couple ot em' peeking out from under the EL-34's. BTW, the wife helped with a couple of soldering tasks,,thank you Janice.

Now thats the amp that has me wanting to go a new direction. Thanks George. Sweet amp:)

MillerLiteScott

Mike,

I need more info on the Pre and the Amp. Please.


I said please:D

Thanks,

Scott

Gaara

Face wrote: »

You must be referring to this.

Sweet. That is quite the face plate, I also like the judicious use of heatsinks, probably needs it though.

Systems

Face wrote: »

You must be referring to this.

Awesome work Mike,is that a Mini Aleph?
I see you were one of the lucky ones to get in on the B1 board buy.They sold out very quickly.


Where did you source the nice looking chassis's if you don't mind me asking?

Face

I wish I could take credit for either, but the B1 was Tim Rawson's own personal B1, and the amp is a F5. I can't believe how hot that sucker runs.

I can attempt to find out about the chassis for you, I really like that look also.

Systems

Face wrote: »

I wish I could take credit for either, but the B1 was Tim Rawson's own personal B1, and the amp is a F5.

OOOH Yes the notorious Mr Rawson:D

I can't believe how hot that sucker runs.

They make nice little space heaters.I used to have a Pass Zen (second version and early sibling of the F5) and it was operating with close to 2 amps of bias current so it was a hottie.

I can attempt to find out about the chassis for you, I really like that look also.

Thanks that would be great, it's the one used for the B1 I'm interested in.