Posted by FredT [ 72.177.182.50 ] on March 14, 2007 at 13:42:21:
No, amazed is more accurate! My "Sound Creative" KT88 SET amp arrived today. I have seen budget Chinese products arrive in a flimsy cardboard box with a few wads of paper for protection, so I was anxious as UPS (United Parcel Shredders) delivered it from the seller's location in California.
But it arrived in perfect shape, and the first pleasant surprise came as I opended the box. It was double boxed in sturdy cardboard boxes, and the amp was cradled inside a foam packing frame that softens any bumps and keeps it a couple of inches away from the sides of the box, just as an expensive high end amp would be packaged.
The second surprise was that a pair of interconnects, a pair of speaker cables, and a power cord were included, and the manual, though brief, is perfectly readable.
The third surprise was when I removed the tranformer cover and the bottom panel and discovered a fairly big toroidal power transformer above the chassis. Below the chassis I spotted Multicap coupling caps, a choke in the power supply, and a big paper-in-oil smoothing cap.
Oh and it sounds good too. Especially when you consider the $299 price. I notice the Ebay seller has raised the price to $399, but it's still a bargain at that price. To find it go to Ebay, Consumer Electronics, Home Audio, Amplifiers, and search using the term "KT88"
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