Doug
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Steve, you are welcome for the early-use WE300B report. I should have also noted that the WE’s made some expected noises due to expanding and contracting parts, but that they also made some unusual noises that were amplified through the speakers……..dinging, zinging, zithering, tizzy kinds of sounds that I’ve never heard from any tube during my 40 years of using tube gear. The WE300B’s are now at approximately 70 hours of music burn-in and the typical expanding metal sounds have completely cleared, as have most of the weird trebly noises. The treble is still a bit hot and I am anxiously anticipating it settling in within a few more weeks of burn-in.
Now, on to a touchy subject. I’ve been holding back on directly addressing you on a specific issue, but today is probably as good a time to as any to say how disappointed I am in you. Disappointed is actually a serious understatement. I’ve waited for close to 10 years to buy another big directly heated triode amp, and I finally broke down and bought a Cary CAD-300SEI Mk6 integrated last summer. It’s Cary’s totally maxed out version, with a few personally requested custom mods. It’s a full blown class A, point to point wired, fixed bias, no negative feedback kind of amp, with a massive power supply. The Cary is a really sweet amp, but what happens a few months after I buy the it? You announce a 300B amp! Geeeze Louise! You really know how to hurt a guy!
So now what? Am I going to have to buy one? Probably.
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