Not quite S.E.T. for life.

[JOHN GALT]

Not quite S.E.T. for life.



Well I got the new 3.5 watt set 2A3 amp. Excuse the Yelling in advance!
I LOVE THESE AMPS, IT IS THE SECOND BEST STEREO PIECE I BOUGHT, I WOULD
NOT TRADE IT FOR EVEN A DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT... That being said I am
a laid back kind of guy, and when I went to my friends house to hear his
stereo, it was littered with amps everywhere. There were at least two stereos
set up at each end of his listing room, one stereo had triamped highly modified
K- horns. Sitting on a bookshelf was a pair of set monoblocks, not on the
bookshelf but sitting on top of the spines of the books. I assumed that
they were the same brand as the other dozen other amps laying around, and
as I heard a set amp for the first time several weeks earlier I expressed
a desire to buy them. Two weeks later I had them and as the deals final
handshake came closer I realized that these book straddling amps were not
the same as the others, oh no they had a sordid past. He commissioned these
amps made, got them and found them wanting, he then sent them to some of
the hot shot solder slingers west of the Mississippi and had them work on
them. So apparently this amp was passed around all these solder guru's,
and in the privacy of their shops they opened her up, became intimate with
her, changed parts of her personality, used her and sent her on to further
scrutiny to others having the same base interests in S.E.T. ie ness. Now
I have her and those that I know want to know what her name, who is her daddy,
and no one wants to own up. I have decided to call it: The Red Dress Amp,
how many people savored her color, timbre, and _____, may never be known.
But Here she is to stay, I dressed her up, accessorizing her with old stock
RCA 2A3 tubes which I got for a song. Here is a picture of it with some
more of her kind, an old OPPO player, that I use on my two channel to listen
and watch concert DVD, etc. A SAS stereo audio 10 A line preamp, A CHEAP
GRAPHIC EQ. And those Bob Crites A crossovers that I have not thanked him
for yet, THANX BOB!



Not quite S.E.T. for life, though, I am getting a turntable this week, thanx
unowho! And a cassette player for all those albums I dubbed so I wouldn't
have to mess with vinyl, yet did not appreciate vinyl as I do analogically
now! So you are never done, you are never set.

[dgoreck]

Any other pics? Side shot? Looks like a nice copper top, and wood case. I can see why you'd call it the Red Dress Amp. Is this a monoblock? I don't see a pair of the tubes... unless my eyes are decieving me.

[Marvel]

Nice looking amps. Tube rectified S.E.T. amps... I love my 2A3s

[JOHN GALT]

So they are not SET, but tube rectified SET. Corn-fuzed! Thanx for the
feedback Marvel, I had another ear-opening day with the stereo. Mondays
the place here is deserted, so I can crank up without a guilty conscience.
Try as I did, I had to put back on the EQ to bright in the top end, or just
the way I like listening I don't know witch. Next I am going to put back
on the old AA crossovers, and see how I like that, if nothing else I think
I am going to have Crites build me a AA crossover, I may want to put on a
concert, who knows.



That story is a little tongue in cheek, I know of the solder slingers, and
they really don't want anyone to know they "reworked" a amp, but I think
it turned out real nice. Now that I know it is a hand me down, I will not
be hesitant of installing VU meters, and Volume pots.

No need for face photo, no marking etc.

[Coytee]

I LOVE THESE AMPS, IT IS THE SECOND BEST STEREO PIECE I BOUGHT, I WOULD NOT TRADE IT FOR EVEN A DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT...

How about with Hillary?

[6]

(sorry...just coudn't pass it up)

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