Kruse amps opinions?

[peterc52]

Peter himself begged me not to do it. Did anyway and it was awesome.

I like it too!

 

[angelspade]

I know Jens. He's a smart guy and does know his way around complicated amps. And yes, he was the authorize Diezel tech in the States for a while. Many don't love how bright his mods are, but that is a matter of taste.

 

[braintheory]

I know Jens. He's a smart guy and does know his way around complicated amps. And yes, he was the authorize Diezel tech in the States for a while. Many don't love how bright his mods are, but that is a matter of taste.

I like bright and had no issue with that. It was more this inherent brittle, unmusical quality to the tone and feel that's hard to put exactly in to words, partly also since it's been years now since I had it. I've had brighter amps even that didn't have those issues

 

[grrr_me_scary]

Interesting. Jens was really nice and polite with me and got my amp back with the mod in less than 2 weeks. I just don’t like the way his stuff sounds. Like you and others said, it was brittle in sound and feel. Just not as pleasant/enjoyable to play. He did seem very passionate for sure, which I liked

Yeah, he had always been nice and polite in the past, however, the last time (through emails), he was very short (and rude) the last time I had emailed him about doing the simple battery mod for an ADA MP-1.

He emphasized that he was really busy and not interested in doing the work (totally get being too busy (it was just the way it was stated)).

Possibly, he replied after having some strong coffee and was in a rush

I just felt that we had a different relationship after all of the hours I had spent/lost listening to his issues with Stapfer.

The switching units he has made seem to be gear that people have commented on with positive remarks.

 

[NinjaRaf]

I had a 5150 50w modded by Kruse some years back. Sounded like a big mess. He shipped it back to me with no preamp tubes and told me all the preamp tubes were bad so he just threw them out. Fucking weird.

 

[alexjplant]

He's also apparently cloning KSR amps and calling them his own.

Is there any substance to this claim specifically? I remember liking how the Supersonic sounded and am vaguely interested but if it's just a knock-off of an Orthos or something then that's disappointing.

 

[jeff5]

I had a very good experience with Jens. I had a 5150III 50 watt modded to stealth specs, split channel 1 and 2 with concentric knobs, fender clean on channel 1 and the supersonic mod. Jens was great to deal with. He was very quick to respond to my e-mails and answered all my questions. I didn't have any issues. This was back in November of 2020. It took him about a month to do the work. Heck he even responded to a question I had about the amp 3 years later!

With regards to the amp, I think the supersonic mod may make it too bright, but the other mods sound great. The only issue I'm having now (this 5 years later), is one of the concentrics is kind of cutting out, but I can't say that is his fault.

 

[mbt64]

Has anyone used his switchers? I was considering the Unit 5 or 6 vs the DeLisle ones.