HeadRoom Millett Desktop Hybrid Amp - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

aimlink · #1 (**permalink**) 01-21-2009, 12:42 PM

HeadRoom Millett Desktop Hybrid Amp

Why was this amp discontinued? I searched this forum and very few sited threads appeared concerning this amp.

- was it a matter of 'why dabble in an already heavy market of tube amps'?
- was it a matter of focus, i.e., focusing on providing the best solid state headphone amps available?

myinitialsaredac · #2 (**permalink**) 01-21-2009, 01:32 PM

Could also be that there was little consumer interest. Likely a reason for the few sited threads.

If I didn't have a millet max already I would have snagged one of those.

Dave

Tyll Hertsens · #3 (**permalink**) 01-21-2009, 02:27 PM

It didn't sell very well. It was a decent little amp, but it wasn't really a tube amp, wasn't really a solid state amp. Just a little lost boy in shorts out in the cold ... so we shot him.

Bean counting makes for brutal decisions.

Porcelain Heart · #4 (**permalink**) 01-22-2009, 01:14 AM

I imagine you blindfolded him first, propped him on a post out back and stuck a lit cigarette into his headphone jack. Then, marching twenty paces behind turned, took aim, and it was over. It's really the only civil way to handle these things. My hat is off to you for your compassion. At least he didn't have to suffer.

Tyll Hertsens · #5 (**permalink**) 01-22-2009, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porcelain Heart

I imagine you blindfolded him first, propped him on a post out back and stuck a lit cigarette into his headphone jack.

It was much gentler.

A walk in the woods.

Arm over shoulder.

Look at the bird!

Pop! In the back of the head.

Never knew what happened.

Probably still looking at the bird.

Sigh... commerce is hardball.

HighLife · #6 (**permalink**) 01-25-2009, 06:18 AM

I still love my Millet (noticed the spelling Tyll)

As Tyll said, its not really a tube, not really SS...just kinda in between and boy its nice.