TNRabbit Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Beautiful~ I've never, in 13 years on eBay, seen anything go from $1 to $15,000.00 in FOUR HOURS...now they're up to $18k... I'm guessing they'll top $28k. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140400767925&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Beautiful almost seems like an understatement! [] ....and look at all those little lightbulb thingys! [:S] I wonder if those are included? Dennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 Yep! All 30 KT-88 Silver Eagle tubes are included. From the owner over at carveraudio.com: "Evidently, there seems to be some concern about the fact I was running the tube amps with no load (no speakers connected)In fact, this IS a concern for the majority of tube amps. However, none of the Carver tube amps are affected by this.The majority of tube amps WILL go into oscillation if there is no load placed on them. The Silver tube amps will NOT.The circuit Bob designed is so stable, you can run these amps with an input signal... no load, and they will just sit there and purr away.Where the majority of tube amps will start popping tubes like they are cheap light bulbs.The other question I got was, Why is the right meter reading 0, as where the left bias meter is reading .2The answer is, I took some of the photos before the output relay engaged on the right amp. The meters stay at 0 for about 4-5 minutes while the tubes are warming up.The left amp was turned on before the right amp was. I saw a spot that needed dusting, and wound up turning on the right amp a few minutes later than the left.Yes both meters work perfectly, and both read the same bias, around .2I'll ask Bob to write up a little something on the circuitry and stability of the Silver amps, and post it here later." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Current bid, 18.5K, reserve not met. Whew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hifi jim Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Wow those are some huge transformers. I can't begin to imagine the heat all those tubes give off... and the expense for electric and tubes. I guess if you can afford the admission fee then these are non issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedcrankcammer Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 "Light bulb thingys" LMAO....[Y] Roger Beautiful almost seems like an understatement! ....and look at all those little lightbulb thingys! I wonder if those are included? Dennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 A good bit of heat, but they idle at a low current; Bob has a circuit called the DC restorer (I think) that idles them down lower when not needed. Not sure how it works, but he explained it in one of the Q&As on this tube amps on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JL Sargent Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 First things first. Where to get a black marble audio table like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hifi jim Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 First things first. Where to get a black marble audio table like that? Simple. Go into your wifes dining room, remove whatever normally sits on the dining table, remove the chairs and plop down your amps. Let me know how it works out for ya. [] I think he only got away with it because he's selling off some gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 And, the winner is going to get two FREE Carver audio cables! Even better; two PAIR~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 First things first. Where to get a black marble audio table like that? Simple. Go into your wifes dining room, remove whatever normally sits on the dining table, remove the chairs and plop down your amps. Let me know how it works out for ya. I think he only got away with it because he's selling off some gear.and then buy her a new one due to the crack down the middle that she blames on the amp weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 First things first. Where to get a black marble audio table like that? Well, it's his father's table... imported from Italy 23 years ago. He said it took 9 months to get to the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 19.4k and days left!!!!! 17 bids- OMG I would love to hear them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 11 hours left; today, we'll see what separates the men from the boys~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I wonder if it has enough oomph for a pair of bedroom Heresys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I predict those will not sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 $19,600.00 and reserve not met~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 They're back....with NO reserve: http://cgi.ebay.com/140405122134 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 Sold for $18,100.00!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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