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In Reply to: RE: Mystery has an end, in this case, enough is enough posted by GSH on November 16, 2014 at 21:26:35
Is this a picture of a production SS amp from 2007?
IMO, it looks OK from a build point of view. Nothing special but then it's just a simple 2 stage amp.
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Its a picture of one of Dennis' Serious Stereo amps I sent Grant in about 2007.
We are not sure how old the amp is, and Dennis is looking at the carpeting to guess.
We see DynamiCaps a plenty, when did they come out ??
Date of manufacture doesn't matter much, how it SOUNDS to a serious listener is what matters.
Jeff
Well it's clear now why there was always so much coyness and secrecy about the internals of those amplifiers. And now we can see what the "three-dimensional wiring" means in practice. I suppose birds' nests are three-dimensional also.
I don't mean to be harsh; it looks pretty much like the kind of things I put together also. But then, I don't try to sell mine for serious money...
Chris
Chris,
It's funny you used this phrase,and I think you meant to.
"I suppose birds' nests are three-dimensional also."
Because I was thinking about "Birds-Nest" wiring today. But then I wasn't so sure this amp was an attempt at birds-nest wiring.
Jamie
Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
Ok so it is a Serious Stereo amp. So he is using different component manufactures today. Perhaps a few things are moved around as well.
But it's still the basic 1930 vintage design built in a garage workshop or the kitchen table.
Sure it may sound fantastic to some people. Why not just leave it at that.
Just stop sprinkling pixy dust on it. We all now know what's inside and frankly it's nothing unexpected.
From the Sound Practices era, which was the American Renaissance for SET, followed by the Baroque.
Observe, before you think. Think before you open your yap. Act on the basis of experience.
What was the original cost of that amplifier is more interesting as those “commercial” amplifiers are not cheap
$15k or something like that.
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OMG
why a DIY SET amp like that have this price tag?
I don't remember too many cheap commercial 2A3 or 300B amps. 5-15K is where they were at.
Pixie dust, lots of it.
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