bigdaddyd
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So I scored a Rivera Power Sink today when at the store. It was sitting in the bottom of the display covered with other stuff and when I asked the owner about it, he forgot he had it. I love Rivera stuff, so I asked if it worked and how much. He told me to take it home and try it... 
He didn't charge me. He said if I like it we will work something out later. Works for me. I wanted it for my Marshall Class 5. My Riveras are already hooked up to Marshall SE 100s (ironically other rare, out of production attenuators) and I needed something to tame the roaring 5 watts for my apt.
I was looking at a Weber Micro or Mini Mass, so this was an ironic find. I just plugged it in and DAMN! It sounds awesome. Now, I have no idea what the specs are, or what the max wattage is, or the ohms or whatever it can handle, but for the Class 5...it is perfect. I haven't tried the line out or anything, and I can't attest to the reliability, but it is a Rivera and it is a giant heatsink. I mean it is over 20 yrs old. If it were new, I would have zero worries. Without the power sink, the class 5 could barely be on. With it on Min...which is like max attenuation, I had it at almost 75% volume, and it was very quiet. That is pretty awesome for an apt. When I hit the bypass switch to see the difference, it was astoundingly loud. Took it off bypass and right back to super quiet bypass with tone. Nice.
He didn't charge me. He said if I like it we will work something out later. Works for me. I wanted it for my Marshall Class 5. My Riveras are already hooked up to Marshall SE 100s (ironically other rare, out of production attenuators) and I needed something to tame the roaring 5 watts for my apt.I was looking at a Weber Micro or Mini Mass, so this was an ironic find. I just plugged it in and DAMN! It sounds awesome. Now, I have no idea what the specs are, or what the max wattage is, or the ohms or whatever it can handle, but for the Class 5...it is perfect. I haven't tried the line out or anything, and I can't attest to the reliability, but it is a Rivera and it is a giant heatsink. I mean it is over 20 yrs old. If it were new, I would have zero worries. Without the power sink, the class 5 could barely be on. With it on Min...which is like max attenuation, I had it at almost 75% volume, and it was very quiet. That is pretty awesome for an apt. When I hit the bypass switch to see the difference, it was astoundingly loud. Took it off bypass and right back to super quiet bypass with tone. Nice.
