I mostly listen to these videos in the background while I work. Kevin brings the excitement and passion for audio and Kat has such an authoritative sound to her voice and backs it up with the knowledge; it is the perfect storm.
There's my girl. The analog Queen! I say that because she will treat you like a King!... Kevin, do your business (and us) a favor and just let Kat do all the videos from now on
Hi Kevin, great review, I want one. I have a JVC AXZ 1010TN amp which uses JVC's SUPER-A circuitry which acted the same way, increasing the voltage to the power o/p transistors by feed forward technique on large transients or bass notes. Most of the time it worked in class A and sounded great. It's now got a fault and can't play loud. This sounds like a great replacement. I always enjoy your reviews, thanks and best wishes from the UK.
I briefly listened to this and it sounded surprisingly gd.. clean sound without any electronic sheen.. unfortunately can’t connect it to a tube preamp..still it is an amazing value..
Where did you find her? A beautiful women who knows about analog audio? Is she from Mars/Venus or outside the universe? Maybe a parallel universe?....sorry :-), great video, thumbs up.
How does this unit compare with the Marantz 30 & 40? Would really like to know. I don’t live within 150 miles of a place to hear them perform. Thank you for your opinion.
G'day Kevin I'm a big fan love your videos. You're like a cartoon character but I mean that in the most complementary way, you're actually entertaining. Very interesting amplifier sounds like a bit of a swiss army knife 🔪. Keep up the great work always look forward to the next video. You really can make anything sound exciting and I love that. 👍🎧😁
Had a minidsp shd with dirac. Honestly, when you engage dirac, it kills dynamics because it is squishing the sound so that it is flatter. A compression isnapplied. It took me a while to be able to admit that it sounded worse. Once I did, I understood that dirac wasn't the panacea it is claimed to be, so I let the unit go.
How funny…I just sold my Dynaco MK111’s & will be hooking up my JBL SA600 which was brought up to original spec’s by Bob Hovland who worked at JBL at the time of the SA600 ..It will be powering my Klipsch Forte 1’s that I bought new way back when and the Denon DP-60l turntable..This SA750 & new Klipsch Forte IV’s look very tempting…
Great video as always guys, you are awesome but you may want to look more deeply into MQA as it is honestly an example of pure snake oil and has been proven so by several respected sources, apart from that this amp looks amazing and the specs are great, awesome power and beautiful build quality and yes that power supply is fantastic. Oh and Kevin your unbridled enthusiasm is truly infectious in a great way, you obviously live and love Hi Fidelity and your passion for it truly shines through.
Meh. Atoll (French) IN300 Dual mono, - 2 x 440va toroidal transformers. 40800uF per channel low ESR caps. Mundorf MKP caps in the line stage. 2 volume attenuators, 1 per channel. 150 W into 8 ohms 6 MOS FET per channel. Tellurium copper speakers terminals. 2,500 GBP (£).
4500$ in Canada...not so attractive now...if you know when Naim will make new amps, please let us know! Im afraid of getting the Atom in case it gets updated soon...thanks for all the great videos!
Remember the Twilight Zone episode where the old salesman had to give the pitch of his life to the Mr Death to save a little girls life? Kevin would be able to save her.
@@thomasward00 Yeah, no argument, just commenting re the price diff. I didn’t research beyond that. I like the JBL for its looks, but I wonder how “retro” will stand the test of time. That’s kind of a funny sentence to write :-)
Using junky parts. That's what, literally see Chineseseses lelon caps in the power supply and crummy 5 percent carbon film resistors... For 3k, they dropped the ball.
I have had no end of problems with this amp. I bought one and it had a constant distorted noise through the speakers. The dealer happily exchanged it….and send it back to the distributor and gave me a new one. Which after a month frooze during an automatic update. They fixed that by “flashing” it (their term). After that it had the same distortion as the first unit. I think this is an amp made to look good…but poorly designed and build.
Great content but I got to say, you two lose me at the end talking about 500 hours on break-in like it's no big deal. 😳 That's 20.83 days and nights of nonstop playing!🤯 That's as unrealistic as one can get.🙄 That's Months worth of 2 hour daily sessions. And using a decent sound level. If I'm breaking in the speaker's, I'm not going to have the volume on number two?🙄🤔🥴 Who in the world does this?🤔🤫🤗 Wouldn't an average person think if you're spending $10,000, 25,000, $40,000 on a pair of speakers that they would be designed in a way they wouldn't have to be broken in for 500 hours!🤯🤯🤯 Not 5 hours but 500!🥴😳 And the crazy part is it may be true.😉🤪 If you research the topic here on TH-cam, you can find great videos showing the topic of break-in is not as easy as it may seem.🤓
Cheap junky lelon capacitors in the power supply for 3000 dollars. Really jbl? You really needed to save that extra few bucks? I expect to see that junk in a 125 dollar Amp. Should only be proper Panasonic, Nippon chemicon or nichicon Japanese caps and nothing else, why not elna semlic II in the audio circuitry? Why is there crummy 5 percent tolerance carbon film resistors... Why not 1 percent tolerance or better metal films that won't go out of tolerance in 10 years, in a design like this, you need precise resistors.... Bet it won't work in 10 to 15 years... If I would buy that, you best believe I'd be putting proper parts inside instead of that junk, I certainly would live stream every step too... Sure, I bet it sounds good, but that cost cutting stuff is definitely holding it back, not only with how it sounds, but also long term reliability... 75th anniversary... Really? Wanna know why 40 year old equipment still works? Because they didn't use junk... This most certainly won't be likee the original unit it's trying to live up to. Granted, a 40 year old or more piece of gear would need to be recapped, but most of them would still work. Any tech who knows about component quality would've took a look inside that sa 750 and would've said, really? I almost wanna just get one to correct it...
So many toys, so little time. Thanks Kev and Kat!
I mostly listen to these videos in the background while I work. Kevin brings the excitement and passion for audio and Kat has such an authoritative sound to her voice and backs it up with the knowledge; it is the perfect storm.
Without fail I always feel better about myself and the world around me after listening to Kevin and his absolute enthusiasm for life
Kevin is a lucky guy to lived through all the history of cool audio gear.
You guys should do a live Q&A. Think that would be awesome. And thank you for the video.
Love Kat, would like to see more videos with her in them.
I agree, she is gorgeous!
Kevin , your the best man!!! I absolutely love your videos. Keep keeping us informed my man!!!
Beautiful piece right there!
Let’s be real. Kevin is the OG king, but we’d buy anything from Kat.
There's my girl. The analog Queen! I say that because she will treat you like a King!... Kevin, do your business (and us) a favor and just let Kat do all the videos from now on
Agree!
I prefer Kevin’s reviews.
Harsh ... 😅🤣😂
Hi Kevin, great review, I want one. I have a JVC AXZ 1010TN amp which uses JVC's SUPER-A circuitry which acted the same way, increasing the voltage to the power o/p transistors by feed forward technique on large transients or bass notes. Most of the time it worked in class A and sounded great. It's now got a fault and can't play loud. This sounds like a great replacement. I always enjoy your reviews, thanks and best wishes from the UK.
Class G, I wonder how much of this amp was designed by Arcam, considering they're also owned by Samsung...
GREAT COMMENT.
It’s JBL! All American made in .......lol
Same specs as the Arcam SA30 - probably repackaged.
Basically the same as the SA30
It's a Arcam sa-30 in a different package, same owners exactly the same specs. Absolutely not class A that is a totally different animal.
Fantastic amp for the money, really superb sound quality.
Kevin, you keep shit real and I like that about you.
I briefly listened to this and it sounded surprisingly gd.. clean sound without any electronic sheen.. unfortunately can’t connect it to a tube preamp..still it is an amazing value..
More Kat!
Where did you find her? A beautiful women who knows about analog audio? Is she from Mars/Venus or outside the universe? Maybe a parallel universe?....sorry :-), great video, thumbs up.
How does this unit compare with the Marantz 30 & 40? Would really like to know. I don’t live within 150 miles of a place to hear them perform. Thank you for your opinion.
Retro styling with 21st century pricing! Nice looking Amp!
G'day Kevin I'm a big fan love your videos. You're like a cartoon character but I mean that in the most complementary way, you're actually entertaining. Very interesting amplifier sounds like a bit of a swiss army knife 🔪. Keep up the great work always look forward to the next video. You really can make anything sound exciting and I love that. 👍🎧😁
Ha in 77’ I was shopping Beck n Quint,Audiotrinics,SoundsAlive, Circuit City,WIZ, TakeFive,so much fun, what happened?!!!!
What brands of speakers do you sell? I'm excited about the nbl Amp
Would love to know your thoughts / review of the 750 and L100’s? …..or better still the L100 75Th Anniversary….
You guys kill me - great stuff!
Does dirac live mean the SA750 is doing DDC? Digital to Digital conversion?
Had a minidsp shd with dirac. Honestly, when you engage dirac, it kills dynamics because it is squishing the sound so that it is flatter. A compression isnapplied. It took me a while to be able to admit that it sounded worse. Once I did, I understood that dirac wasn't the panacea it is claimed to be, so I let the unit go.
use it for bass and let the rest go.
Your mug is older than Kat. lol..... JBL... interesting. Stepping on Dub Step.
Depending on which JBL video you watch that JBL mug has gone from 78 to 82.
Does Kevin drive a Delorean?
How funny…I just sold my Dynaco MK111’s & will be hooking up my JBL SA600 which was brought up to original spec’s by Bob Hovland who worked at JBL at the time of the SA600 ..It will be powering my Klipsch Forte 1’s that I bought new way back when and the Denon DP-60l turntable..This SA750 & new Klipsch Forte IV’s look very tempting…
This guy cracks me up! "Jive-ass power supply, hell no!" xD
I remember the L-112 speaker.
can thjs drive something like Fyne Classic VIIII?
Yes! But make sure to talk to one of our sales experts to find out for sure based off your room size and everything
What does "broke in your speakers 500 hours" mean
Great video as always guys, you are awesome but you may want to look more deeply into MQA as it is honestly an example of pure snake oil and has been proven so by several respected sources, apart from that this amp looks amazing and the specs are great, awesome power and beautiful build quality and yes that power supply is fantastic. Oh and Kevin your unbridled enthusiasm is truly infectious in a great way, you obviously live and love Hi Fidelity and your passion for it truly shines through.
$3000? My entire system is $750 (dac, preamp/headphone amp, amp, planar magnetic headphones and tower speakers (speakers were used).
An Old Burn Out. LOL. Love this guy.
Meh. Atoll (French) IN300 Dual mono, - 2 x 440va toroidal transformers. 40800uF per channel low ESR caps. Mundorf MKP caps in the line stage. 2 volume attenuators, 1 per channel. 150 W into 8 ohms 6 MOS FET per channel. Tellurium copper speakers terminals. 2,500 GBP (£).
That is an Arcam amplifier in american suit !
4500$ in Canada...not so attractive now...if you know when Naim will make new amps, please let us know! Im afraid of getting the Atom in case it gets updated soon...thanks for all the great videos!
The parts quality is junk too, not worth the asking price for the lack of effort they put in.
500 hours breakin?!!! no way ahah
Wish you was in uk x
Love it
1:15 I don't think Kat was born before 1978. Maybe Kevin meant to say 1998.
Dubstep is so 2010. Love the videos tho.
Remember the Twilight Zone episode where the old salesman had to give the pitch of his life to the Mr Death to save a little girls life? Kevin would be able to save her.
remember the guy he pitched to? he was in the graduate and jaws
500 hours? I don't understand. At what volume? Does it matter? That's a lot of hours lol
I prefer the design of the Arcam SA30 better, the JBL is just a difference face on an Arcam product.
The Arcam is $300 more. Interesting.
@@mike.thomas There may be more features on the Arcam, but basically the JBL products are rebadged Arcam.
@@thomasward00 Yeah, no argument, just commenting re the price diff. I didn’t research beyond that. I like the JBL for its looks, but I wonder how “retro” will stand the test of time. That’s kind of a funny sentence to write :-)
Don't care what it sounds like. Nothing that looks like that is coming in my house
Once I see the absence of balanced inputs, it’s game over. My dac sounds best via balanced.
This IS cool
Arcam !
WAAAAYYYY TOOOO EXPENSIVE !!!
Kevin: can I pay you to write my online dating profile?? Thanks for considering
Sometimes I wonder what JBL has reduced itself to.
@@motjones2341 The Tesla’s models 3 & Y made in China aren’t to bad…
Using junky parts. That's what, literally see Chineseseses lelon caps in the power supply and crummy 5 percent carbon film resistors... For 3k, they dropped the ball.
I have had no end of problems with this amp. I bought one and it had a constant distorted noise through the speakers. The dealer happily exchanged it….and send it back to the distributor and gave me a new one. Which after a month frooze during an automatic update. They fixed that by “flashing” it (their term). After that it had the same distortion as the first unit. I think this is an amp made to look good…but poorly designed and build.
I’m sorry to hear your experience.
I do not have 3000 dollars in disposable income.
More Kat more Kat
Great content but I got to say, you two lose me at the end talking about 500 hours on break-in like it's no big deal. 😳 That's 20.83 days and nights of nonstop playing!🤯 That's as unrealistic as one can get.🙄 That's Months worth of 2 hour daily sessions. And using a decent sound level. If I'm breaking in the speaker's, I'm not going to have the volume on number two?🙄🤔🥴 Who in the world does this?🤔🤫🤗 Wouldn't an average person think if you're spending $10,000, 25,000, $40,000 on a pair of speakers that they would be designed in a way they wouldn't have to be broken in for 500 hours!🤯🤯🤯 Not 5 hours but 500!🥴😳 And the crazy part is it may be true.😉🤪 If you research the topic here on TH-cam, you can find great videos showing the topic of break-in is not as easy as it may seem.🤓
I wouldn't buy a speaker from an amplifier company either
I'm getting a class D because I run my amp 24 hours a day
Had to click on this when I saw Kat...
3k made in china,I'll pass
I’ll take a Chinese produced Tesla over one made in Fremont…
Made in P.R.C....in this case class G must stand for Greed.
Terribly biased..
Cheap junky lelon capacitors in the power supply for 3000 dollars. Really jbl? You really needed to save that extra few bucks? I expect to see that junk in a 125 dollar Amp. Should only be proper Panasonic, Nippon chemicon or nichicon Japanese caps and nothing else, why not elna semlic II in the audio circuitry? Why is there crummy 5 percent tolerance carbon film resistors... Why not 1 percent tolerance or better metal films that won't go out of tolerance in 10 years, in a design like this, you need precise resistors.... Bet it won't work in 10 to 15 years... If I would buy that, you best believe I'd be putting proper parts inside instead of that junk, I certainly would live stream every step too... Sure, I bet it sounds good, but that cost cutting stuff is definitely holding it back, not only with how it sounds, but also long term reliability... 75th anniversary... Really? Wanna know why 40 year old equipment still works? Because they didn't use junk... This most certainly won't be likee the original unit it's trying to live up to. Granted, a 40 year old or more piece of gear would need to be recapped, but most of them would still work. Any tech who knows about component quality would've took a look inside that sa 750 and would've said, really? I almost wanna just get one to correct it...
...🙄😒spend these the rich ...we normal People have no Money...😋
@Kat O Exactly, I love looking at supercars even if I'm not going to buy one.
Lol crappy room 🤣🤣🤣
Build looks cheap, made in China, owned by Samsung built by arcam, what part is made by jbl? The badge?
Awesome, cool, and bitchin (oh and crappy) all from one low price of only $3K. Call now, have your credit card(s) ready operators are standing by....
Yikes. That thing is ugly.
JBL fashioned by TEAK?
Sorry. I really am. Just look at it...
This will be poor Amp.