JOHN GALT Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 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 WOULDNOT TRADE IT FOR EVEN A DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT... That being said I ama laid back kind of guy, and when I went to my friends house to hear hisstereo, it was littered with amps everywhere. There were at least two stereosset up at each end of his listing room, one stereo had triamped highly modifiedK- horns. Sitting on a bookshelf was a pair of set monoblocks, not on thebookshelf but sitting on top of the spines of the books. I assumed thatthey were the same brand as the other dozen other amps laying around, andas I heard a set amp for the first time several weeks earlier I expresseda desire to buy them. Two weeks later I had them and as the deals finalhandshake came closer I realized that these book straddling amps were notthe same as the others, oh no they had a sordid past. He commissioned theseamps made, got them and found them wanting, he then sent them to some ofthe hot shot solder slingers west of the Mississippi and had them work onthem. 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 withher, changed parts of her personality, used her and sent her on to furtherscrutiny to others having the same base interests in S.E.T. ie ness. NowI 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 stockRCA 2A3 tubes which I got for a song. Here is a picture of it with somemore of her kind, an old OPPO player, that I use on my two channel to listenand watch concert DVD, etc. A SAS stereo audio 10 A line preamp, A CHEAPGRAPHIC EQ. And those Bob Crites A crossovers that I have not thanked himfor yet, THANX BOB!Not quite S.E.T. for life, though, I am getting a turntable this week, thanxunowho! And a cassette player for all those albums I dubbed so I wouldn'thave to mess with vinyl, yet did not appreciate vinyl as I do analogicallynow! So you are never done, you are never set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgoreck Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Nice looking amps. Tube rectified S.E.T. amps... I love my 2A3s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN GALT Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 So they are not SET, but tube rectified SET. Corn-fuzed! Thanx for thefeedback Marvel, I had another ear-opening day with the stereo. Mondaysthe 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 justthe way I like listening I don't know witch. Next I am going to put backon the old AA crossovers, and see how I like that, if nothing else I thinkI am going to have Crites build me a AA crossover, I may want to put on aconcert, who knows. That story is a little tongue in cheek, I know of the solder slingers, andthey really don't want anyone to know they "reworked" a amp, but I thinkit turned out real nice. Now that I know it is a hand me down, I will notbe hesitant of installing VU meters, and Volume pots. No need for face photo, no marking etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 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) [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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