Not only remember them, I listen to them every day in my home. I've been a Soundcraftsmen owner for well-over 40-years. My main system consists of a Pro-Control Four pre-amp, Pro-EQ 44 equalizer, Pro-Tuner-Four, running Crown PS200 and PS400 bi-amped into a pair of JBL 4345s. I also own a couple of Pro-Power-Four amps, a couple of DX4200 pre-EQs, two Pro-PT 5R pre-receivers, a PT2, several EQs, and my original PE2217 pre-EQ I purchased new.This just popped into my head. Does anyone remember Soundcraftsmen?
That's opposed to a little Carver M-400a cube I had. The output shorted once, and pretty much wiped out half the transistors in the amp. They did fix it under warranty, but suggested I not ever bring it in for a warranty repair ever again. Some of the small transistors were nothing but wire leads sticking out of the circuit board. Oops.Soundcraftsmen? Kevin Halverson of Muse started with Soundcraftsmen. Their MOSFET amps were unusually well built and nearly indestructible. Visiting a dealer one time, and he intentionally shorted out the outputs - no damage. It just powered down and then shut off!! I was sure he had ruined the amp. No. He removed the short and the amp powered right back up and sounded really nice. I miss that company a lot.
Good listening.
I like AK a lot and different people have different opinions on what is according to them the best (vintage) equipment. But i am getting tired of all these threads about which equipment is best. What is the exact purpose of asking this again?
Does the Pioneer SPEC series count? I have a SPEC-1 and SPEC-4 which were pretty well-regarded in their day:
I love the look of those. All I have from that series, alas, is a DVL-90 Laserdisc/DVD combo player:View attachment 2093998
I prefer these separates Pioneer urushi. Set cost 390000 yen /2750 usd in the 1980s.