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pachku

100+ Head-Fier
Pros: Sound, build quality, envy factor
Cons: my wallet hurts...
...incredible!
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pachku

100+ Head-Fier
Pros: Musicality, build quality
Got my Isabellina delivered as promised, about four weeks after ordering. Fast shipping (to Europe), nicely packaged. Excellent service and communications from Vinnie, btw. Big package, smaller than expected amp
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Build quality is excellent, everything feels tight and solid. Don't look inside the amp, not so very much there - but as everybody knows, small stuff is more difficult to develop
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Installation couldn't be easier, running it via USB from PC and Macbook. Runs my (also brand new) LCD-2 with no problems, although the usual volume setting is around 3 o'clock, sometimes almost at the limit. Still burning in, both of them, but already showing great potential. Fantastic musicality, nice big stage, good separation. I'm a big electric blues fan, and this really makes it shine. Going to do some tube rolling later, but already stock sounds great. Very different from my O2, not as tight, not as precise - but fuller, more voluminous, bigger stage, always makes me feel like "more"
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  Great stuff, IMHO, very much recommended for anyone looking for a sound like that. But not cheap...
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Update: After about 150 hours of burn-in, put in a 1959 Valvo CCa Tube instead of the stock JJ - woah! More room, more bass, more of everything... :-D And running it as DAC into my BHSE as well, sounds fantastic.
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