Guest " " Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 audio room is ground level with 10 inch cement walls and a poured foundation under the raised and insulated floor....so it gets cold...this should do the trick. 48 6550C power tubes. 1250 audio watts per channel. 30 amp draw at full power for each amp. 9 amps per amp at idle. VTL Wotan MB-1250 Reference amplifiers. Built in 1998. At the time, the largest production tube amplifiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 front view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 each amp comes in a crate like this....the crate is about the size of a LaScala. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary p Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Holy cow !!!!! If your doing sound for super bowl half time show. Gotta drown out that pesky crowd noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbox Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Yeah, and my wife said i needed an intervention...lolz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 24, 2012 Moderators Share Posted August 24, 2012 [] Unbelievable I don't know what else to say ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Wow. What do they weigh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniper8 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Awesome!!! What is your intended use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I hope you will post some photo's once you've got everything setup.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvan Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Almost frightening! I'm buying stock in ConEd...heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 They weight 250lbs each out of the crate. Not sure what speakers I'll use with them yet. I have power in the room, but on the wrong side....so I need to do something about that. I need to also check the tube bias settings and fuse sizes...can't assume prior owners set the bias correctly and/or didn't put pen springs in as fuses. so it will be a few weekends before I can turn them on. I have a pair of nice 40amp isolation transformers with multiple secondary taps (sort of a giant iso tap) , will need to put them in a case...so that will take time. It will def get done before winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Android Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 They weight 250lbs each out of the crate.Seriously......Holy $#!T!!!!Not sure what speakers I'll use with them yet.Big ones!!!! ..................Those are beautiful Speakerfritz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieWoof Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 ShaaZaaam ! ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 These things need a moniker of their own. I'm voting for: Big Daddy From the Stereophile review: Each monoblock mounts 24 power tubes on the top chassis, and a power supply with three massive transformers and four industrial-grade capacitors on a separate "ground-level" chassis. Imposing in their all-black livery, they make a 19" by 19" footprint and stand almost 2' high. And at 240 lbs each, they are a huge physical presence to deal with, despite VTL's new peekaboo cosmetics. (While heavy, and despite liberal use of damping material, the two-storey chassis' torsional stiffness and resonant signature left something to be desired. When I pointed this out to Luke, he told me he'd already specified future construction techniques to remedy this.) Power tubes are latest-spec Russian 6550Cs, purported to be the best of the Svetlana litter. Inputs and drivers per side consist of a pair of 6350s flanking a single 12AT7. I'd never run across the 6350 before. "Think of it as a double-power 12AT7," Luke told me. The lower chassis has a standard IEC power connector and a slew of fuses sharing the rear apron. A thick umbilical ties it to the upper deck. The top chassis is a wonder to behold, especially at night when lit up like a Christmas tree. The tightly packed power tubes surround the output transformer, located dead center on top. A pair of caps stand sentinel before it, the input and driver tubes set up before them. There are 24 separate bias pots countersunk into the top chassis, their separate reading points just behind the faceplate. And yes, you must be something of a fanatic to run amplifiers that require 48 separate biasing operations. But Statement Products are what the Wotans are, and indeed, the fanatics who buy them are out there. In fact, you'll read about one of them shortly. Exploring the rear of the upper chassis, one finds a single pair of Manley/VTL binding posts (fairly easy to work with), and an RCA single-ended input (balanced inputs are available). There's also a switch for tipping the amps back and forth between triode and tetrode modes. Just think of it...600W in triode, 1250Wpc in tetrode! Hubba, hubba. What prompted you to try these out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 They were 4 miles away , calling my name for months....not as pretty as these.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Android Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I think I remember reading it cost Carver $5,000 just for the special paint job for those beasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I think I remember reading it cost Carver $5,000 just for the special paint job for those beasts. Those Carver amps are the same price as an Audi R8, $115,000.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 so after burning out a few extention cords,,,,and some basic tube amp maintenance...I'm running these on some 1989 khorns which I will be upgrading to AK-4 level. I need to move in some decent power....I'm serious about burning out extention cords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninshine Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I think I remember reading it cost Carver $5,000 just for the special paint job for those beasts. Those Carver amps are the same price as an Audi R8, $115,000.00 Here is a pic of an R8 that was in the VW/Audi/Porsche dealership that I'm a tech at for a recall. (incase you didn't know what an R8 looked like.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Hmmm... Did I hear something about brown outs in the NE of the US around that time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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