There was some pretty good stuff built in the 70 and 80's Carver was not one of the them.
When younger, I dreamed having a 300B and some +100db/1W/1m SPL speakers
A beautiful looking tube and purist solution, with sound bliss.
Who knows maybe in some future.
There is nothing wrong in bad measuring gear.
Lucky guy. AR was always out of my pay grade. I ended up with Linn. New Linn not for me but the 90’ and 2000’s I really liked.I own a Audio Research CA-50 (1997) it still sounds really good. AR has the new I/50 now. haven't heard it but would like to. I mostly listen to my YBA Integre DT because it has a touch more bass and my sneakers are a little difficult to drive at volume, but the AR really sounds better more revealing in the mid ranges. Although mostly tubed gear, AR has always tried to remove the tube sound with something more like a solid state amp. When I play the CA-50 for my audiophile friends they tell me not to ever sell it to anyone but them. Look into Audio Research Corporation gear new and vintage.
Same here, when auditioning in the late 90s I skipped the ARC CA50 because of price and regretted it. So when I found it used for half price five years later I snagged it. And it was their most inexpensive unit. There have been very few ARC duds according to some, so any buyer should do their research. The good stuff moves quickly when it comes on to the used market.Lucky guy. AR was always out of my pay grade.
I would but there’s 450 volts on that circuit board and I got kids in the house. The back is open and there are holes drilled in the top. The tubes get warm but don’t seem like they are overly hot to me.That's a clean build but I'd take off that plexiglass and let the tubes breathe free.
I'd have the plexiglass come up to the tubes' bases and no higher. That way, the tubes can dissipate their heat, and you get protection for the circuit board and from accidental electrical shock.
whoa, that is ugly.Something like this
Agree.whoa, that is ugly.
de gustibus non est disputandum, though.
On topic -- if kid/pet proofing's required, a cage is probably, ahem, the best practice.
NOT putting a PC board with bare HV connections and through-hole-wired components out in the breeze (as opposed to under the chassis) would be an even better best practice.
@amirm tested an ACA.If your close in NY, this one is local pick up. Less than the kit price. Send it to Amir after you get it. Gets good press. Love to see the test result.
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OOPS SORRY DON'T SEE ANY TUBES IN THERE. Assume makes an ass out of you and me.
I built a Tubelab SSE that I run in triode mode with KT88s. I use it to run sone 2 Pi Towers and it sounds awesome. I used huge Edcor output transformers. View attachment 178926