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Ed YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1696	MINIWATT....WOW>>WOW>>>WOW Jul 20^th, 2009, 11:54am Wow! You guys better get one while you can, and thank Bermuda Bill for sending me one! Tell the guys at AudioLineOut (don't have number yet) Bermuda Bill sent you if you do order, please. Bill, if you are out here please post a link or number....you were right, WOW! Ed
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floobydust Member Offline AudiophileTalk Rules! Posts: 56	Re: MINIWATT....WOW>>WOW>>>WOW Reply #1 - Jul 20^th, 2009, 12:37pm So... tell me how you really feel? Maybe you can give us a little more detail once you have a chance to do more listening. Regards, KM
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Reply #2 - Jul 20^th, 2009, 3:37pm

Good Afternoon Ed,
Yes, I'm here. Glad to hear you are enjoying The Mini Watt even though she isn't broken in yet. I've got about 30 hours on mine so far. I did some research on replacement tubes and what I found was:The input tubes(6J1) can be exchanged withEF95,6AK5 or 5654.The output tubes(6P1)with 6P1P-EV Russian if any of this matters yet. Mini Watt can be purchased at: aloaudio(dot)com. Great response time and lightning fast delivery(US Postal)
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Bill

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Reply #3 - Jul 20^th, 2009, 11:55pm

Bill, give us contact info!

Floob, It just sounds RIGHT. Been listening for several hours now. WOW is just about it, powerful accurate bass, silky highs and midrange.
Vinyl is crazy good using Hagerman Cornet phono stage.

PLENTY of "power" .....100db peaks at the couch on Carole King "Smackwater Jack"! Crazy. It sounded "smooth" and "correct".

I like this little amp a lot. And it is TINY.....if you built a box out of cd cases it would be bigger than the Miniwatt!

Ed

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Reply #4 - Jul 21^st, 2009, 4:17am

Ed wrote on Jul 20^th, 2009, 11:55pm:

PLENTY of "power" .....100db peaks at the couch on Carole King "Smackwater Jack"! Crazy....

Ed

Ed you gotta be the only guy on the planet who would even think playing Carole King at 100db was a good thing (Respect). Just to see what that was like I hit 90db on the same cut and that was plenty for this boy.

I've got a buddy bringing a Mini-Watt from HK next week so we'll be able to see how it matches up with my EM7/attenuators.

100db??

Jeff
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VolleynBike Member Offline Simplicity is the most difficult of concepts Posts: 66	Re: MINIWATT....WOW>>WOW>>>WOW Reply #5 - Jul 21^st, 2009, 9:53am Ed, Is that with M3's or with singles? Marvin
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killabermudian Member Offline AudiophileTalk Rules! Posts: 23	Re: MINIWATT....WOW>>WOW>>>WOW Reply #6 - Jul 21^st, 2009, 8:59pm Good Evening Volleybike: I do not know what model Horns Ed is listening to with the Mini Watt, but I can tell you that my Mini Watt is driving the dog ____ out of my Hornshoppe Model 1's! Bill R.
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jmudrick Member Offline AudiophileTalk Rules! Posts: 18 Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Re: MINIWATT....WOW>>WOW>>>WOW Reply #7 - Jul 21^st, 2009, 9:57pm Any Glow or Carina comparisons? I still have time to get one from HK....
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stevef A Contributing Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1217 x1\|riverside\|USA\|USA\|361\|124\|IL,Illinois	Re: MINIWATT....WOW>>WOW>>>WOW Reply #8 - Jul 21^st, 2009, 10:02pm Well they are kinda' cute and come in a lot of colors. Comparisons anyone? Decware, Carina, Transcendent, etc. Steve
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Reply #9 - Jul 21^st, 2009, 10:28pm

Here's where "Bermuda Bill" got mine from.....
http://www.aloaudio.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4&product...

The description they give is accurate......just add that with a speaker easy to drive and efficient like the Horns it kicks ass too!

Volley.....with the Horns.....will hook it up to "Gary's" M3's tomorrow before I box them up. I expect it to be spectacular with them as well.

The darn thing simply sounds good. Relaxed, smooth, tight and silky at the same time. I like it.

Ed
edit*** Guys I just listened to Madonna "Music" at 102 dB peaks I have not heard ANY and I mean ANY amp under 10 watts do that. The bass in the recording is so strong it usually clips the amp or "fuzzes" out her voice long before that volume. Oh, my solid state does it easily but that is a different story. I don't know how it does it nor do I care....the "bass" is DEEP and TIGHT and somehow this "2.5" watt amp just did the impossible. It also played the Blue Man Group "I feel Love" at the same level with the same clarity. Rosanne Cash? In the room, ditto Allison. Is it the "best amp in the world for the Horns"? I don't know and I doubt it but it is freakishly good and sounds like 20 watts. Drawbacks? One set of inputs and bananas only for speaker connection. That's it.....except of course how long will it last? darn, is it doing JUSTICE to Madonna as I type this!!!!!!!!

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Reply #10 - Jul 22^nd, 2009, 12:17am

OK, anybody driving the thing straight from a cd player or something like a Squeezebox, with no pre-amp?

Don't own a pre-amp at the moment because i've been using my (heavily modified) Fisher 500c receiver, driven by a (heavily modified) Logitech Squeezebox Duet. I'm a little concerned that getting enough SPL out of the MiniWatt will require a pre-amp to drive it hard?

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Poultrygiest Member Offline AudiophileTalk Rules! Posts: 57	Re: MINIWATT....WOW>>WOW>>>WOW Reply #11 - Jul 22^nd, 2009, 6:32am So is the MiniWatt a better match for the horns than the Glow?
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