Can you get the knob off and out of the way?  How about a little sanding and some black paint from a spray can?  Mask everything really well, of course.  I've had great results on all kinds of surfaces with spray paint.

Whatever happened to Eddie Vaughn?

I wanted one of his amps.

Eddie was/is a good person.  I hope he is doing okay.

Eddie's amps simply played music!

While I enjoyed my Decware SET,  it really sounded it's best on the HDT's in the middle of the night.  The voicing was more analytical and really required the magic listening hour to shine through.

Eddie's custom 2A3 he built me was completely different from that. His SET sounded musical and completely involving at any time of the day or night.  The bass was quicker and deeper and the background was completely black.  Note's bloomed out of nowhere and trailed like fireworks. Would have really liked to hear his amp on the Mk II version of my HDT's!

Corey  :)

Hello Corey, I sanded the chasis and I will paint it tomorrow, the new volume pot will be installed on Friday. Yes I plan on selling my Carina, especially since I just bought another amp. I would like to get $775 shipped for my Carina amp. Let me know if you are still interested.

Robert

Last I heard of Eddie Vaughn was a phone call with him where he had to cancel his production of the Carina. His Italian output transformer supplier wouldn't supply him with the finished iron on time for months. He would get a pair wound and shipped to him once in a blue moon and simply couldn't promise waiting customers a finished product in reasonable time.

I actually found that rather interesting how his iron supplier cut him off like that. I am sure there was industry pressure's/corruption in the work's because this guy had been winding iron for year's. Then, all of the sudden with the launch of the Carina and promising market share in the critical niche price range he charged; no iron supplied! That's baloney and Eddie didn't deserve the dirty games that forced him out of business.  >:(

Eddie told me in our final phone call years ago that he was utilising his tool/die maker trade working as a metal machinist in a factory.  I am glad he was finally able to secure a good income again and not have to rely on sporadic amp sales to pay the bills. That man lived very poor for years! I mean, here is a guy who would bend over backwards to help someone who was usually either white collar or blue collar in income status; he was the designer and engineer of the product that truly delivered audiophile MUSIC, yet he couldn't afford to buy his wife a new pair of shoe's! Yup, he told me that once in the middle of his Carina fiasco!

Also kind of glad he got out of the public retail business. His nature was to offer hours of free support/fellowship and that of course meant talking to a few clowns for sure. That's the numbers game when working with the public, especially in retail with the potential for such picky/arrogant customer's that come along in this niche market. I mean, audiophile's can sometimes be a much stubborn and demanding group; especially when drinking!  ::)


Corey  :)

Thanks Robert!  :)

sounds good

You know I was wondering if we could contact Eddie Vaughn whether he could build a 20 Watt push/pull EL34 amp for about 2 grand!

'I'm talking Jensen caps and Plitron iron!

ZENCDUSER, good to see you back on the forum, how have you been?

Eddie wasn't that old, he might be in his early 50's I'd suspect at this point.

Zygi