oldhvymec
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| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Carver was a transformer genius.Bob carver learned how to wind output transformers from David Hafler. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>&... | |
| Seas Cresendo Troels fav tweeter, 92db Progress at last.. :-) Wait an see when he finds ear buds... LOOK out..Sliced bread territory.Regards | |
| recording to Reel to Reel directly from "preamp out" Its a 5300 Mac It has bars guys. You have to pull the bars so you loose your monitor amps. Unless you plug in headphone no way to monitor and check your playback. Kinda 101 to see if your recording is any good make your tweaks and RE record when y... | |
| When Everything Comes Together OP the weather change also prompted a change in beverages too. Hot tea vs whatever? How you feel what you smell what you're looking at who you're with? It makes a difference. I have to remember to take my hat and glasses off.Warm Tea.. Late night,... | |
| recording to Reel to Reel from McIntosh 5300 integrated amp I looked at your Mac, playback is no problem. Recording NO. You wound have to hook the source via cables to your RtR. I suppose you could rig up a switch box.. Not the best idea..Most of the Mac Preamps are made for tape/phono record/playback..Tap... | |
| Which subwoofer? GRs OB servos are the cat meow. I use them about 60 hz down, and with MB columns phase plug tuned.That is how I balance the weight of the bass. I like 80-280 or so..to be VERY fast.. I direct couple those drivers to BIG amps and use active XOs wit... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier You ever look inside a First Watt? Chock-a-block full to the top with WiMa and Vishay.. Heck yes they are good.. Accurate and really ZERO coloring via a cap anyways. LOL They give the sound to the new Mac. Just full and Vishay copper resistors and... | |
| Ribbon question Usually they are planars roxy. You know the one 2 for 30.00 special on EBay.. I say that tongue in cheek. I do have some Beston dipoles that were fantastic AFTER they broke in "sibilance" for about 50 hours. I thought they were broke.. Then MAGIC.... | |
| How do you EQ your headphones? http://www.thebestamp.com/Tube_Buffers/TEQ-100.phpI been frothin’ at the mouth wanting to try one. If it doesn’t have tone control, I’ll add it.. plane and simple.. BIG time Mac and Cary guy. see the problem.. One uses it, one doesn’t on the pream... | |
| Speaker fq range, bass, low bass, low mids, mids.upper mids etc Catch your breath now.. Slow down..I like MY speakers.I like my STUFF that makes them work. How’s that?I’m a simple fella , FELLA! Any time you want to listen instead of TALK let us know.. Might get you fixed up..:-) Come on dog.. Time to feed ... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Guys it’s not the caps that are the biggie. Resistors are where GREAT quality comes from. Good caps Russian PIOs Mundorf MCap and Vishay copper resistors.. AND yes WiMa would have been a heck of a better build...But the guy that voiced that amp is... | |
| What speaker has the best tweeter? Aurum Cantus ANY of them. Biggest bang for the buck. Replacement ribbons on a lot of them. The SQ is just perfect. Singles (toppers with enclosure) LS or as a conventional Top mount and driver below or MTMs.12 or 18 db XO 2nd or 3rd order. DON’T s... | |
| Ribbon question No, planars sometimes delaminate. Magnets 50-100 years. Ribbons will outlast my grandkids. I suppose if they were overdriven.I have 45 year old Infinity RSIIB. I’ve lost 2 UHF tweetersI worked on IRS Betas and they were 80s. Two years ago just XO ... | |
| Questions never stop ever, it seems. If it's crossed at 80 and a 6 or 12 db crossover is used, it is still going down to 30 hz. The taper on the roll ON (not off) is still from 20 or so all the way to 80 and 80 begins to roll OFF from there @ either 6 or 12 db per octave. So runnin... | |
| Powering up/down sequence with a 12v dc trigger Macs can be assigned and sequenced. They also have a programmable delay.. Up and down.. Would that help? I still boot by hand on the newer stuff. :-)I still use a Variac to bring up my MC60s and 225-275 valve amps.. A 20 minute process. 25 vac to ... |