New Willsenton R8 MkII: Unboxing and initial impressions.

First of all, Kudos to Wilsenton for listening and being responsive to their customers. A huge thumbs up on this latest updated R8.

This is the first video on the latest updated version of the popular R8 amplifier. I was in contact with Wilsenton about the reliability issues I found with the earlier version of this amp and they agreed these issues needed some attention. They updated their product and sent me this newest version to review. While they haven't officially designated this a "MkII", I'm calling it that because they fixed all of the "must do" repairs I was suggesting viewers do to their amps, including much higher quality resistors throughout.

This is a video series about the popular Willsenton R8 KT88 EL34 Push Pull tube audio amplifier. We will go through testing and reviews of the amp as delivered, and then work on some minor modifications to improve the sound quality.

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