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Anyone know about this amp? Not PG
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:18 pm
by SolacE
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:30 pm
by oldskoolmseriesfan
Never seen or heard of it,just by the looks, it could be an ultra high end amp.
looks can be decieving though. he also does a good job of selling it in his write up. dont know it would be interesting to see if someone here has heard of them.
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:11 pm
by stefanbatory
This are japan amps, they are popular amp in my country, forte was the highest model. There are some burrbrowns used inside, here you have the manual
http://u-dimension.pl/gfx/static/files/ ... Manual.pdf
I read about compering it to to audison vrx and most people thought that forte is better, but is composed in the lower frequncies.
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:56 pm
by STROKD
Sounds tits, I'd buy it if I didn't just buy 3 JLs today.
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:20 am
by Thumper88
isn't that the one where the "tubes" are actually just gain controls?
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:44 am
by fuzzysnuggleduck
Yes, those are just big gain knobs. They are NOT tubes!
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:05 am
by stipud
Those amps are a huge scam!! Stay away!!
http://phoenixphorum.com/wtf-is-this-thing-vt56.html
I mean just look at this shit:
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:17 pm
by yesterdaysyouth
respectable power supply, but only 4 output trannies....
you can do much better for that money...
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:44 pm
by stefanbatory
About the tube version of this amp, it was completly other amp it look liked this
http://u-dimension.pl/gfx/static/images ... GP1661.jpg .
It was called u-Dimension Fortissimo Artwork and it was never been sold in normal shops, it was like a special version just to show the quality of the company. I am don't really now how to judge amp's quality by the insides, but it has really good opinion here in europe and i have read test in one of the magazines were it had an 9/10 note for sound quality. But I'am no expert and I never heard that amp in any system, maybe it is a crapy amp after all.
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:57 pm
by fuzzysnuggleduck
As stephanbatory has said, it appears that lots of people think the SQ of this amp is up there with Audison and other top makers. The guts do look pretty weak... but it is rated at 75W x 2, it's not a power horse.
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:40 pm
by stipud
stefanbatory wrote:About the tube version of this amp, it was completly other amp it look liked this
http://u-dimension.pl/gfx/static/images ... GP1661.jpg .
It was called u-Dimension Fortissimo Artwork and it was never been sold in normal shops, it was like a special version just to show the quality of the company. I am don't really now how to judge amp's quality by the insides, but it has really good opinion here in europe and i have read test in one of the magazines were it had an 9/10 note for sound quality. But I'am no expert and I never heard that amp in any system, maybe it is a crapy amp after all.
From the looks of it, they made one good amp... and then a bunch of cheap knockoffs in the hopes that people will be fooled into buying them. Either that or they are Chinese knockoffs sold illegally under their name.
Whatever the case is, the amp in the auction is a pile of crap. Even the cheapest PG amp would be better. The amp in the image you posted looks like the real deal. It has actual tubes, not fake gain knobs
