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Steve08226 Verified Member Posts: 16	300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg 03/27/23 at 00:51:47 https://youtube.com/watch?v=8H88hjH1dEA&feature=share “The Best 300b Amp I’ve heard” Nice!
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Ghostship Senior Member Posts: 83	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #1 - 03/27/23 at 01:47:03 There are 2090 people on the waiting list right now...I have a feeling that number will increase a little in the coming days...
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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2113	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #2 - 03/29/23 at 14:13:50 That's about the same number of ghosts on the ship. j/k. Do you already have a Zen Sarah or are you on the waiting list?
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Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg
Reply #3 - 03/29/23 at 14:19:29

It amazes me how long the list has gotten. Will Decware customers hang on that long? I think those of us with Decware components already will. . . but new customers. . . ? I'm not sure that if I were a new customer I would hang in there on the list long enough to get an amp. There are many more immediate options. We KNOW what we're waiting for. . . but a newbie?

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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2113	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #4 - 03/29/23 at 15:05:44 Well, Uncle Lon. I recall being sucked into the Decware vortex in 2006 after buying a piece of gear used from an eBay auction. I sent it in for repair and eventually sold it. The first piece of gear I bought new from the factory was a white topped Taboo.
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Ghostship Senior Member Posts: 83	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #5 - 03/29/23 at 20:36:41 My Sarah arrived Monday! My tubes haven't arrived yet though....
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 21444	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #6 - 03/29/23 at 21:12:57 Whoa--thats frustrating. Hope you don't need to wait longer!
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 21444	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #7 - 03/29/23 at 21:14:02 Jim, now more than ever the rare used Decware piece is the gateway drug.
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Showme Seasoned Member Posts: 300	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #8 - 03/30/23 at 01:58:08 I’ll be 77 in a couple of months and a 3 yr wait is just an unrealistic wait list and I have a lot of Decware gear. A couple of amps, preamp etc. Since I didn’t feel I could be at a point in my life to enjoy the Sarah I moved to another master builder and it’s great. Which would be better I’ll never know.
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Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg
Reply #9 - 03/30/23 at 13:11:48

Lon, you have no idea!! I was sooo patient during the 600-day wait....

But I ordered tubes at the last minute and was informed of the delay, so I called Sarah for the Decware bundle. Now I've got my Sarah sitting here and I have to wait until Friday to fire her up, while listening to Steve Guttenburg's review...grrrrrr

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Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg
Reply #10 - 03/30/23 at 13:18:45

Ghostship wrote on 03/30/23 at 13:11:48:

Lon, you have no idea!! I was sooo patient during the 600-day wait....

But I ordered tubes at the last minute and was informed of the delay, so I called Sarah for the Decware bundle. Now I've got my Sarah sitting here and I have to wait until Friday to fire her up, while listening to Steve Guttenburg's review...grrrrrr

I totally feel your pain. I've had that happen to me with other components. It's so frustrating!

I still have probably about 100 or more days to wait for my SEWE300B (#165) and I have all the tubes necessary on hand--in fact multiple multiple choices of all but the 300B tubes themselves--ready to pop in when it arrives. So. . . a different problem. I'm trying to be as patient as you as the wait continues.

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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2113	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #11 - 03/30/23 at 15:35:09 Uncle Lon, Ghostship: I don't understand something. I see mention of a 600 day wait but Ghostship has his amp already. The 300B is a 2023 release. How did he get his amp in less than 2-3 years?
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HockessinKid Seasoned Member Posts: 964	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #12 - 03/30/23 at 15:38:14 Jim, He probably put in an early amp order and changed it to the Sarah 300B at a later date. HK
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Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg
Reply #13 - 03/30/23 at 15:52:56

Yes, as far as I know one can't ADD to an order now but can still make a CHANGE from one component to another before the order reaches the Parts Pulled stage.

I made a change yesterday. At first I didn't believe I wanted the copper transformer caps. But looking at the photos and looking from my listening seat at where the SEWE300B will be housed at a future date. . . I realized they would be clearly visible and are definitely. . . beautiful.

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Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg
Reply #14 - 03/30/23 at 18:04:40

Yes, I placed my order for a Zen Torii Jr. V2 amp on August 2nd, 2021, specifically attempting to coordinate wattage output with my intended speakers.

Then, I changed my choice of speakers, and after monitoring the build thread for the Zen Torii Mk5 I changed my order.

Then I received my speakers paired with a Class A amp and realized 1 to 2 watts is all I needed in my listening space.

Then, Steve announced he was designing a 300B amp - which is exactly what I wanted from the beginning...so I changed my order one last time, before the Zen Sarah SEWE300B was available for sale on the website.

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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2113	Re: 300b Sarah Review by Steve Guttenberg Reply #15 - 03/30/23 at 22:56:36 How fortunate. You must promise to regale everyone with your impressions/experiences with the amplifier. I am tempted to pull the transformer covers from my mini Torii and have them copper plated!
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