The truth about my amps.....?

[kevin gilmore]

the Raptor sucked with RS-1s, too.

Of course it does. raptor not useful for anything <= 150 ohms

[bhd812]

Well with your headphones this is clearly true.

And of course a B52 is a (raptor) + (raptor) which means it (sucks)*(sucks)

or in terms of money

$1300+$1300 << $5300

A simple modification will allow the raptor to sound much better, but only with high impedance headphones (==300 ohms)

There, I feel better now. A day without trashing my good friend ray is like a day without sunshine.

you forgot to add the Stealth in there, remember pre amp man..pre amp.

[kevin gilmore]

you forgot to add the Stealth in there, remember pre amp man..pre amp.

No billy, you are wrong, wrong, just plain wrong. The stealth was even worse.

On the stealth the front end gain tube was also used as an ultra high impedance

preamp output. In other words it sucked bigtime. Could not even drive 3 feet

of cable. So ray learned from his serious mistakes, and on the B52 added a

simple cathode follower.

A simple cathode follower does not a preamp make. Better yes, but still massively

sucky. Anyone with brains should look at schematics of the audio research preamps,

and the conrad johnson preamps to see it done right. Schematics of both available

on the web.

Hell ray still can't do an analog 12 volt fillament supply... Which is why he is using

those $20 ultracrap ultranoisy switchers. Both on the Craptor and the B52.

Can't wait to see what ray is going to use as the battery charger for the lithium

battery in the predator. We should rename the predator, "the target of oportunity"

[909]

No billy, you are wrong, wrong, just plain wrong.

KG don't three wrongs make a right

[Dusty Chalk]

No, but three rights make a left. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

[kevin gilmore]

KG don't three wrongs make a right

You may have a point there.

aerius mode on...

But you only need 2 wongs to make a wong junior...

[909]

No, but three rights make a left. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

just messing around with no meaningful fillers.

You may have a point there.

aerius mode on...

But you only need 2 wongs to make a wong junior...

everybody wong a dong

[trose49]

Trose is an asshat. He thinks his "special" hr2 which just adds a gain switch warrants such a price. He likes everything personalized and special, then when he sells them, he prices them the highest, believing everyone idolizes him and would pay extra for something he owned and something specially made for HIM.

HR-2 Sold at full listing price! $900.00.

[n_maher]

HR-2 Sold at full listing price! $900.00.

Thus the "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute" theorem is proven.

[bhd812]

Fuck that! thats crazy..I need to sell my stuff, wait no i dont want to.

[n_maher]

Fuck that! thats crazy..I need to sell my stuff, wait no i dont want to.

just kidding?

[bhd812]

just kidding?

noooo what cd is that in your sig with the the two girls?

i think i seen that before but its not ringing..

[jinp6301]

the sounds - dying to say this to you

[en480c4]

Excellent disc!

[909]

HR-2 Sold at full listing price! $900.00.

jerk off in private

[JBLoudG20]

HR-2 Sold at full listing price! $900.00.

Go away, you are getting more evil every minute you hang around here.

[bhd812]

Go away, you are getting more evil every minute you hang around here.

joking

[Dusty Chalk]

HR-2 Sold at full listing price! $900.00.

[bhd812]

onyl one way to find out... use the power Chalk!

[Icarium]

mini^3/pint (If you can find the boards/find someone to make you one) smokes the hornet hard. Pico's amp and ae-2 should as well though I am not nearly as familiar with either.

[mjg]

HR-2 Sold at full listing price! $900.00.

wow, you should try to sell real estate on the moon. install gain switches on moon rocks for mad cake.

[grawk]

It's not like it'd be the first time todd lied on here about what he sells his amps for.

[philodox]

No, but three rights make a left. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

lol, funny AND true.

Hey KG, a little off topic, but while we are on pre-amps... given the current state of my amp, how well do you think it would it work as one? I've yet to try it [no balanced power amp], but it does have the XLR outs on the back.

[kevin gilmore]

Hey KG, a little off topic, but while we are on pre-amps... given the current state of my amp, how well do you think it would it work as one? I've yet to try it [no balanced power amp], but it does have the XLR outs on the back.

Don't have the pictures handy to see where the xlr preamp outputs are actually wired to.

1) if they are wired to the cathodes of the first tube, then its a simple cathode follower, however NO GAIN.

As the pot is the first thing in the circuit followed by the cathode follower.

3) The only other place would be the same as the headphone output jack. Definitely not a really

great place for a preamp output...

[trose49]

Actually grawk I did not tell the whole story! Shame on me but since you all seem soooo interested in my purchases I will let you know the details of the sale.

Hr-2

Alo V-dock

Alo imod rca cable

Red wine V-dock ps

$2,150.00

This I swear is the truth or I'm not allowed to buy another RSA product!

Chew on that for a while

RSA ALO products are great and have tremendous re-sale value!