"are you bragging or complaining?"

[mhardy6647]

The thread title is one of my father's pithy aphorisms - it explains a lot about the way I turned out

At any rate, I thought I'd share a photo of a motley pair that came home with me from my favorite vintage hifi emporium on Saturday. The amp is not without its fans. Of the preamp, probably the less said the better! Attractive in an early-1970s way, though, are both pieces. Sturdy, too.

No idea yet if they work. All I had time to do this weekend was a very cursory exterior cleanup.

Further details as events warrant.

 

[joel27]

I look forward to the rest of the thoughts.

 

[a91gti]

Sexy kit.

 

[JBL GUY]

They look nice.

Keep us informed.

Thanks for the picture.

 

[Naptown Rob]

What you need now is the OC-150.:scratch2:

 

[guiller]

Both units look great! Please keep us posted.

 

[Sleep]

I want a panoramic knob

 

[Robisme]

I don't think you are complaining.

Nice find.

Rob

 

[JohnVF]

I think you'll know whether you're bragging or complaining when you turn them on. Maybe you can brag about one and complain about the other?

 

[mhardy6647]

...or they may simply release their 1970s era magic smoke (a particularly heady and intense kind, as I recall).

 

[qsaudio]

I think you'll know whether you're bragging or complaining when you turn them on. Maybe you can brag about one and complain about the other?

lol, you running for a political office. ?

 

[Blue Shadow]

It's Crown, it probably works, especially the amp.

 

[mhardy6647]

It's Crown, it probably works, especially the amp.

Yeah, that's what I am afraid of.

(although perusing eBAY turns up quite a few dysfunctional examples of both amp and preamp - I was actually a little surprised by that, given the reputation that these things have of being fairly bulletproof).

The corollary, of course, is that they're built like tanks and, consequently, they sound like tanks, too.

Actually, as noted previously, the amp's sonic reputation isn't altogether horrific; it might be good for something.
Whenever I scroe a moderately-powerful ss amp, I think "subwoofer"...

 

[Redboy]

I wonder if you could hook up that amp and another amp to one pair of speakers. If you used the same preamp and figured out how to switch between your Crown amp and the SET amp, you could do an A/B comparison. Or maybe you could switch preamps and speakers too, and do a double blind study. Of course, you'd need a control amp.

 

[JohnVF]

lol, you running for a political office. ?

I'm a component waffler.

Exit polls predict that braggers and complainers split the vote, but that complainers eek out a win. Given the competition...

 

[mhardy6647]

I wonder if you could hook up that amp and another amp to one pair of speakers. If you used the same preamp and figured out how to switch between your Crown amp and the SET amp, you could do an A/B comparison.

I am going to do that experiment, right away.

Or maybe you could switch preamps and speakers too, and do a double blind study. Of course, you'd need a control amp.

If I gouge my own eyes out first, does that make it triple blind, or quadruple?

 

[JBL GUY]

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

I am hoping to save your eye sight:yes::yes:

Even after one determines a preference by the DBL/ABX method, one will still have his/her perception altered by seeing the chosen piece of gear.:yes:

If a person chooses a particularly unattractive piece of gear via the DBL/ABX method, that person may not achieve the expected listening satisfaction upon seeing that particular piece of gear.

Think WAF for example:yes::yes::yes:

Please take the above into consideration before implementing any course of action...

 

[AstroZon]

Nice! BTW, those are pretty easy to troubleshoot and repair - fairly basic design.