Introducing the new Continental V5 portable tube amp
Sep 28, 2016 at 7:37 PM Post #391 of 867
Green line usb for charging is a waste

 
Yes and the CDM is the high price amp not the Cv5. The Cv5 only needs the USB cable for charging so the Green Line was overkill since it was design for audio signal more than charging.
 
Thank you
 
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Sep 28, 2016 at 8:06 PM Post #392 of 867
I am probably lucky as my cv5 does not make a noise when connected to the charger. This is indeed related to a number of external factors, and can change. But the fact that tube amps get more noisy when fed with external power is not shocking. They just works very well and consistently on battery. I was worried about a charger circuit limitation but that is not the case.


Well I have to correct this statement, with the HE1000 and the gain in High, the USB line is noisy. Indeed, it gets clean as soon as the USB is unplugged.
 
I love this little amp, it beats all the portable tube amps I have except the CDM that has the balance out. What a lineup! well done Ken!
 
Sep 29, 2016 at 1:08 AM Post #394 of 867
 
Well I have to correct this statement, with the HE1000 and the gain in High, the USB line is noisy. Indeed, it gets clean as soon as the USB is unplugged.
 
I love this little amp, it beats all the portable tube amps I have except the CDM that has the balance out. What a lineup! well done Ken!

 
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Sep 29, 2016 at 1:10 AM Post #395 of 867
Seeing everyone else receive their Cv5 is just making me more and more excited. Argh, the long wait. Really anticipating it.
 
Sep 29, 2016 at 9:45 PM Post #397 of 867
Just received my V5. First impressions with the Mojo as my dac powering the Focal Elear. AWESOME. Will report later tonight with details.

how do you pair it? aren't there double amping? Because (as far as I know,probably I'm mistaken though) Mojo cannot be used as DAC only
 
Sep 29, 2016 at 9:55 PM Post #398 of 867
aren't there double amping? Because Mojo cannot be used as DAC only


Mojo forgoes a built in separate amp and drives headphones from the DACs line-out full time, volume is controlled digitally. It's a rather different/unique implementation over traditional DAC/amp combos. So no, in essence you are not double amping.
 
Sep 29, 2016 at 10:10 PM Post #399 of 867
Mojo forgoes a built in separate amp and drives headphones from the DACs line-out full time, volume is controlled digitally. It's a rather different/unique implementation over traditional DAC/amp combos. So no, in essence you are not double amping.

Exactly! And I have the same setup, pairing the Mojo and CV5, and it is awesome. I'm feeding mine using an AK100 as a transport. It's a nice (not so) little portable stack that will rival 90% of desktop systems IMHO. Cheers
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 12:09 AM Post #400 of 867
  Exactly! And I have the same setup, pairing the Mojo and CV5, and it is awesome. I'm feeding mine using an AK100 as a transport. It's a nice (not so) little portable stack that will rival 90% of desktop systems IMHO. Cheers


mscott58, indeed the AK100 is interesting as a small size transport. I have the mojo too so it sounds interesting... I have a couple of questions:
- Can you put the 200gb card in the micro-sd card slots?
- What his the PCM optical out frequency for DSD tracks?
 
Thanks a lot!
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 12:46 AM Post #401 of 867
I've had some more time with the CV5. I'm using the Mojo as dac 4 volume clicks under the default line out. My transport is the Nexus 6p running USB Audio Player Pro. All powering the Focal Elear.

These are the observations of the CV5 and Mojo together vs the Mojo alone.

Increased bass
Less mid range grain
Wider soundstage
Better imaging
The Mojo by itself has a thinner sound

One nice aspect of the CV5 is that I'm not playing with the volume as much when the Elear demonstrates it's dynamic nature. When certain passages of tracks are dynamically enhanced the CV5 seems to be taking the edge off. Hope that makes sense. This is still while keeping the dynamic nature of Elear in tact.

I'm loving it overall and just feel immersed in the music. I'm using my phone to stream Tidal about 1.5 to 2 ft from the CV5 and have zero RF interference.
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 12:46 AM Post #402 of 867
I have both the 6111 and 6832, but have only used the 6832 so far. I'll probably try the 6111 this weekend and post my initial impressions here.


Phillips 6111 is very good in Cv5 in the start.
I think Raytheon 6832 for the Cv5 is too hot for vocal if you know what I meant. Switched back to Phillips for now. Try other brand later.
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 8:11 AM Post #403 of 867
Phillips 6111 is very good in Cv5 in the start.
I think Raytheon 6832 for the Cv5 is too hot for vocal if you know what I meant. Switched back to Phillips for now. Try other brand later.


No, I'm actually not sure what you mean. You mean the heater in the tube is too hot? I guess I imagined that if that the tube did run hotter (I suspect it does from the 100mA increase) it was because the heater had to heat a larger cathode area. How does tube temperature affect sound? I don't know much about tubes, so I'm genuinely curious.
 
Sep 30, 2016 at 8:38 AM Post #404 of 867
No, I'm actually not sure what you mean. You mean the heater in the tube is too hot? I guess I imagined that if that the tube did run hotter (I suspect it does from the 100mA increase) it was because the heater had to heat a larger cathode area. How does tube temperature affect sound? I don't know much about tubes, so I'm genuinely curious.


I meant the vocal sounds edgy when comparing to standard Phillips 6111.
 

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