Hello, I'm new here and probably will be a frequent lurker and infrequent poster, but I thought I'd give some kudos to RWA and Vinnie re my recent Corvina purchase.
Corvina. I'm still within the recommended 100-hour burn in period, but this unit already sounds
great. Incidentally, I skipped the preliminaries and immediately rolled in an Amperex 7308 gold pin when I received the Corvina, which seemed like a decent starting place for tubes (plus the price of the Amperex was commensurate with the entry-level Corvina). Of note, with no music playing I cranked the Corvina's volume all the way up and got... absolute blackness through my LCD-2. Very exciting! And speaking of the LCD-2, I got the balanced version of the Corvina, and the unit has no problem driving the Audez'e HPs. All in all, this is looking like $1500 very well spent.
Vinnie. What can I say? Although I was purchasing at the very low end of RWA products, he promptly answered all questions, including an e-mail exchange on Christmas eve (I really didn't expect you to respond until you were back at work, Vinnie!). Needless to say, along with a good product this is what creates brand loyalty.
-- Mark H. (the Merkel handle is an upland bird hunter thing
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