Harley Benton Block 800B

[kodiakblair]

55 minutes ago, stevie said:

According to the comments quoted by @kodiakblair, the preamp lets it down. It's OK, but not great. Not surprising really.

Aye but the main German lad in that thread messes about changing circuits , caps etc.

 

Serial modders are never happy with anything stock 🤣

[stevie]

Well, this is what he says about it:

 

Grundsätzlich ist mir der Preamp des 800b viel zu schlapp. Viel zu wenig Gain.
Wenn man die Endstufe direkt (also wirklich alles umgeht) mit einem guten Preamp zB. dem API Tranzformer anfährt, klingt es um Welten besser. Auch über den EFX Return wird das Signal schlapp und träge. Des Weiteren verkraftet der Return keine hohen Pegel, es knackt dann immer wieder seltsam. Habe dies schon bei 2 verschiedenen 800b's erlebt.
Obwohl grundsätzlich linear ist mir die ganze Preamp Sektion viel zu träge und schlecht.
Da lohnt sich das moden meiner Meinung nach nicht.
 

[stewblack]

Nathan Navarro's opinion is not to be sniffed at. 

I'll take his word over the snide asides of those who automatically want to believe HB can't be any good because it simply doesn't cost enough.

[kodiakblair]

1 hour ago, stevie said:

Well, this is what he says about it:

Paul favours the Steamhammer and API gear, £1200 and £800.

 

I'm not too surprised he finds fault with the preamp in a £247 unit.

[Newfoundfreedom]

The biggest problem with this for me, is it comes in at around the same price as the Burgera Veyron, which is an absolute monster!

 

Given a choice between that and this, I'd take the Veyron every time. 

[MacDaddy]

10 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Paul favours the Steamhammer and API gear, £1200 and £800.

 

I'm not too surprised he finds fault with the preamp in a £247 unit.

 

So, a decent preamp pedal and you're still £450 on top?

[Chienmortbb]

On 06/08/2019 at 17:18, Merton said:

Seems an excellent choice for a backup amp if it lives up to its claims. I guess the ICEpower ASC700 board lives under the hood like most of these new “800W” class D amps...

Yes. It is a cheap easy way to get that ICEPower amp.

Edited April 28, 2022 by Chienmortbb

[Chienmortbb]

On 06/08/2019 at 22:22, Sharkfinger said:

From what I understand, the Quilter BB800 uses a proprietary power module, not the ICEpower module as merton pointed out.

 

Correct.

[dave_bass5]

I forgot I had started this thread. As it turned out I got the Quilter instead. It was very nice, and had a punch that my other class D’’s don’t have, but lacked some features that I wanted so I sold it on. 

[EmpInfNed]

does anyone knows if the fan is always turned on and if its noise can be considered loud or quiet?