ssh Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I got Jeff Lessard's SET amps in 2A3 form Friday.After some advice from Jeff and help from my friend Hal Munford,I heard them Sunday afternoon.I feel a little like I broke the sound barrier.These are beautiful Zebrawood-clad amps,so it's no surprise that they sound good;the surprise is how good.I hope his new PP project can equal or best what I hear from these amps,because Jeff deserves it. I've listened through the Khorns & LaScalas,both producing delicious detail.There's plenty of power with either pr of speakers. I'm using a Cary 2002 preamp that's also new to me.The headphone section is a real plus. Thanks,Jeff.My friends & I are happy. SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Though I'm sure those amps sound very sweet -- I don't think the Zebrawood has much to do with it. Enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Congrats on getting your amps, I am sure they are as great to listen to as they are to look at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painful Reality Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 ---------------- On 9/8/2003 10:49:13 AM ssh wrote: I'm using a Cary 2002 preamp that's also new to me.The headphone section is a real plus. ---------------- The headphone section will be handy for playing Pomp and Pipes! I'm really glad you enjoy these amps. Let say a lot of sweat went into them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I heard these amps have DROP dead good looks! heh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted September 8, 2003 Author Share Posted September 8, 2003 Yep.Right channel amp has a Navajo mark on the copper top plate.My right shin didn't fare so well.I had no idea that glass vacuum tubes were so durable. SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painful Reality Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 ---------------- On 9/8/2003 11:29:06 AM DeanG wrote: Though I'm sure those amps sound very sweet -- I don't think the Zebrawood has much to do with it. Enjoy!! ---------------- WHAT??? Zebrawood must account for 21.67% of the really nice sound of these amps. Quartersawn zebrawood is said to help reducing microphonics due the near perfectly alligned wood grain, thus dissipating the mechanical vibrations induced to the copper top plate. I think I read that on the KR website. Zebrawood did such wonder to the sound that my 2A3 PP chassis will also be in zebrawood. No... wait, this is for Nancy not to notice there was a change of amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leok Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Hey, no, Dean .. Zebrawood provides just the right damping for the mids on those older Klipsch 3-ways. ssh, congratulations on the amps. You have a piece of work that is state of the art in technology and craftsmanship .. no kidding. I don't know a better way to get the best sound out of KHorns, and Jeff's implementation uses the best materials, circuit design, and assembly. leok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Congratulations, you lucky dog! I was just a couple grand and a dirty look from the wife shy of scoffing those up. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted September 8, 2003 Author Share Posted September 8, 2003 Jeff, It is an experientially proven fact that the Zebrawood dampens & dissipates gravitationaly prompted mechanically induced vibrations transmited through the copper top plate sufficiently to allow for perfect sonic reproduction to occur. Greg, I wasn't too shy to go to the bank for these.I imagine your reluctance had more to do with the look of love. SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painful Reality Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 ---------------- On 9/8/2003 3:02:00 PM ssh wrote: Jeff, It is an experientially proven fact that the Zebrawood dampens & dissipates gravitationaly prompted mechanically induced vibrations transmited through the copper top plate sufficiently to allow for perfect sonic reproduction to occur. Greg, I wasn't too shy to go to the bank for these.I imagine your reluctance had more to do with the look of love. SSH ---------------- Rest of the energy was absorbed by the grids and the filaments. I still can't believe the tubes survived the gravity induced fall. That's definitively a good advertising for Sovtek and Mullard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I am trying to figure out: 1. How you dropped that amp? 2. What you said to yourself immediately after! heh.... I cant imagine that scene, especially after the beasts made it all the way there without a dent. I have nightmares about those damn wood crates! kh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted September 8, 2003 Author Share Posted September 8, 2003 Kelly, 1.Someone locked the gate we were going to go through.As I unlocked a door with my left hand,I turned the knob with the key-left,then right.when I turned it right,it came out of the knob while I was pulling on it.I fell backwards half a step & the amp,on my right shoulder,fell forward onto my outstretched right shin.It skidded down my shin & landed on a doormat.All three tubes rolled across the mat & down the cement walk,bending pins on them & breaking the alignment peg off of the Mullard GZ37.I was in pain,even though I was in disbelief.You see,we had spent two days figuring out why the other amp wasn't putting out volume,& had just soldered a break to fix it.So I didn't see how the 'good' amp,now with questionable characteristics,would possibly play.I picked up my parts,went home & hooked it up,all the tubes went bright,& I danced on both legs. 2.I made most degrading remarks aloud to myself,about myself.Of course,Hal was standing there,& come to think of it,he didn't contradict a word I said. The crate did a great job.No dents,just one break at a solder joint.It will become an antique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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