NEWS FLASHI WILL BE BUILDING 2 INSPIRE 300B-V AMPLIFIERS THE WEEK OF MAY 22nd .... THIS IS NUMBER #2  ...NEW  NEW  NEWNEW  NEW  NEWINSPIRE 300B SET AMP"FIRE-BOTTLE"All USA Made TubesWESTERN ELECTRIC 300B TRIODE TUBES5 year warranty on the WE 300B tubes in this Inspire 300B-vFRONT PANEL VOLUME CONTROLSINGLE-ENDED CLASS ASET STEREO AMPLIFIERThe new Inspire 300B-v is as quiet as a church mouse ... great for high efficiency loudspeakers"I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS EXCITED ABOUT A 300B SET AMPLIFIER SINCE 1989... YOU SHOULD HEAR THIS GUY ON SINGLE-DRIVER LOUDSPEAKERS ....NOTHING BUT SINGLE-ENDED CLASS A FUN!!!"DennisHAVE A LOOK UNDER THE HOOD!!!!!!!! PURE CLASS A TRIODE7 WATT OUTPUT WITH WE 300B TUBESFIVE SECTION DC POWER SUPPLY DUAL PI-NETWORK FILTER CHOKESPURE VACUUM TUBE RECTIFICATION-DUAL PI-NETWORK FILTERINGAUTO-BIAS FOR PLUG AND PLAY TUBE ROLLINGFRONT PANEL ALPS "Blue Velvet" STEREO 100K VOLUME CONTROL1.5 VOLT INPUT SENSITIVITY300B OUTPUT TUBES WITH THE 5U4 RECTIFIER DESIGNED TO DRIVE LOUDSPEAKERS IN THE 90 dB SPL RANGE OR BETTER AT 2 OHMS TO 20 OHM IMPEDANCECUSTOM DESIGNED AIR-GAP 10 WATT OUTPUT TRANSFORMERS TO MATCH 300B TUBES AT FULL BANDWIDTH AIR GAP Every Inspire amplifier and preamplifier is a new cool thing that never existed before today.  I just love designing, building and sharing these single-ended class "A" amplifiers for music lovers in all corners of the world.  After all these years I just love it!!!!!!!               FOR A TASTE OF WHAT SINGLE-ENDED VACUUM TUBE AUDIO IS ALL ABOUT YOU SIMPLY MUST HEAR THIS AMPLIFIER IN YOUR HOME LISTENING ROOM.  FROM THE FIRST DROP OF THE STYLUS TO THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING YOU REALIZE YOUR HOME IS THE GREATEST PLACE FOR MUSICIANS TO MEET.                I just love this stuff!!!!Thank you for your interest in the Inspire 300B-v "Fire-Bottle"  offering and have a great day .........Dennis J. Had      W4USR      Radioman731retired Founder and President of Cary Audio DesignThe tubes included with the Inspire 300B-v Fire-Bottle: a pair of Western Electric 300B output tubes (brand new production .... made in the new WE plant in Georgia, USA) GE 6SL7 input tube along with a GE 5U4 rectifier tube               Power Transformer 120/240 volt dual ac primary for operation in any countryJoin the Inspire fun!!!!! .... Every body needs a single-ended class A Inspire audio amplifier .... This Inspire with Western Electric tubes is a "life-time" amplifier Dennis PS: Look to my Seller Feedback to hear what actual users of Inspire Amplifiers have to say Additional thoughts on Home Audio Listening I would like share a few of my thoughts about the ritual of home audio Hi Fi.  Thoughts and the emotional impact of music in the home … If one were to visit the North Carolina mountains and take some photographs of the breathtaking views of the mountains or another example, visit Niagara Falls and photograph the natural wonder and astounding power of the falls …. then have these photos blown up and framed above your fireplace in the home. …… The emotional impact will be there to be viewed over and over again …. BUT …. you will never recreate the original scene (score) in your home.  I like to equate this scenario to Hi Fi audio in your home … no matter how much power you slam and jam to a pair of speakers in your listening room you will never recreate the original score!!!!!  Given this truism ….. my opinion of home audio is to recreate the emotional impact of the original performance.  Not some ear bleeding, window rattling, impress your neighbors music system.  A system that folks will tire of in a mater of weeks.   This is true … if you are in to hi fi to impress how loud you can play … just give it a few weeks and you will lose interest in the slap and smack the ear system. In over 65 years of building and experimenting with hundreds (maybe thousands) of various audio amplifiers and speakers … I find the absolute best conveyer of the musical, emotional impact is through low powered, elegant single-ended vacuum tube class A amplification.  Revel in the profound intense emotional response to music played at a level that allows the listener to concentrate on the performers and score rather than think about how loud one can turn it up!!!!!  Did I just hear the amp clip on the kettle drum!!!! …. listen to the music not the amp and speakers.  Keep in mind … if one were to take out a fresh new 20 dollar bill in the audience of a live symphonic performance and start to crinkle the bill people state nearby would be disturbed.   Anyway …. low powered single-ended class A vacuum tube amplifier along with low distortion loudspeakers is the key. Forget the SPL and revel in the musical spell!!!!!!  It's the raised hair, the tear in the eye and the smile and that wonderful walk along memory lane of music in the home …. that’s why I am still listening after all these years.  Dennis J. HadMay 21, 2023