Bob's New new amps.... Mmm Eye Candy Red

Bob asked me to resize and post a few photos of his new amps that will be going up on eBay in the next week or 2
Same amps, new look

Drooling

I still have the ones he gave away at Carverfest last year etched in my brain.Sometimes,I go to sleep thinking of how those would sound with my Plats.

ummmmm, I'm under the spell of tubes......so shiny, so smooth!
Probably sound good too! Perhaps even a better investment than gold??

WOW! Would love to pick up a set. Out of money right now. Just paid off my car. So in a few months I will have a lot more spending money to fuel my OCCD.

There's something eerily familiar about those.

I still have the ones he gave away at Carverfest last year etched in my brain.Sometimes,I go to sleep thinking of how those would sound with my Plats.

I found out how they sounded hooked up to my speakers and let me say.....
oh hold on... give me just a minute here.... OK now what was I saying... just another second I need to go get a towel I"ll have to get back to you later.. I need to smoke a cigarette now, and then a nap!

Rainman

Bob,

Why are you doing this to me. I was 2rd bidder on the last pair. (lost out by $50.00)
I had the cash around at that time.
Due to replacing my B&W speakers, I am like a lot of us now, cash poor.

Brian.

I wish I could get my hands on a set even for a month...

Is that like candy apple red? from the movie corvette summer?

damm it forgot to hit notify

There's something eerily familiar about those.

wonder if he is going to give another pair away at cf 09?

what type output tubes are they,, 6550's?

Yes.

Yes.

Perhaps I spoke a bit too soon. The real answer is, 'it depends.' Read this copied Q&A from the current audioshopper auction:

Q: ...which output tubes are used in this amp, 6550's or the kt88's, the write up refers to both articles tim depravacini/stu hegeman and yourself, is there any difference between the carver/pravacini mono's and carver/hegeman mono amps? thank you! david Mar-21-09
A: Hey old friend, these amps use KT88's. The difference is in the front end; these use 12AT7's, 12AX7's, and 6AL5's with KT88's. The Hegeman units use 6AW8's, 12BH7's, and 6AL5's with 6550's. I cannot answer the question which one do I like better because it's just like asking which of your children do you love more. I love them both the same, even though they each possess distinctive audio personalities! Bob Carver