Topic: The Manleys have arrived...

[EScott]

Just went to the UPS station and grabbed my Snapper mono blocks and Shrimp pre amp.    Should be a fun weekend of listening through the VR4 jrs...

[krebsy]

 

Congrats!!  Hopefully I'll be able to enter the world of Manley before the year is out. Oh, and we expect photos!!   

[EScott]

Congrats!!  Hopefully I'll be able to enter the world of Manley before the year is out. Oh, and we expect photos!!   

They'll follow - I've got things up and running and just cracked a bottle of Blanton's to start sipping on...

[BobW]

+T you lucky f*ck !     
 Enjoy !

[Nick's Picks]

pictures!!!!

[Nick's Picks]

Pictures!!!!!!

[EScott]

I'm still working on these fuckers.  I think I may have blown what's known as the B fuse in the mono blocks and now need to replace.  Manley has told me it could very well be a bad tube, but I need to do this first.  I just finished opening up the bottom of one of the snappers - i was a little hesitant to say the least b/c of the high voltage in these things.  The point to point hand wiring is absolutely sick in these things.  I should be able to swap fuses over the weekend and see if I can't get them back up and running.

[Nick's Picks]

booo!
that sucks.

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

you are opening the case and not taking pictures?

I'm dying to see those thing.

[EScott]

you are opening the case and not taking pictures?

I'm dying to see those thing.

I'll snap some pics over the weekend - I'm going to have to get back inside to swap out the fuses.  Luckily, I just tested the pre amp and the 4jrs and they seem to be working fine. 

[Nick's Picks]

i can't believe you are having any trouble at all.
you must be ready to bang your head against a brick!

that sucks Eric. I"m sorry.
and to think those things were built to order...and arrived fucked up?

[EScott]

i can't believe you are having any trouble at all.
you must be ready to bang your head against a brick!

that sucks Eric. I"m sorry.
and to think those things were built to order...and arrived fucked up?

Not at all.  I turned off an upstream compononent (i.e. CD player) before powering down the blocks.  I basically sent a spike down the chain.  Lesson learned, no problem at all.  That's why the fuse is there, to protect the equipment from mistakes like this.  Their customer service has been incredible.  I received 3 e-mails from the service tech plus a phone call.  Then, Eve Anna e-mailed me herself to discuss the problem.  I should be able to get everyting back up after the weekend - I leave for a conference this afternoon and won't be home until Sunday.

[Nick's Picks]

well...good to hear it was user error.

[BobW]

Pictures ?

[Nick's Picks]

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1132811408

first time ive ever seen a pair used on agon.
well..this is what he has.  x2, being monoblocks.
...
thats the drool, btw.