[Oliv009]

Hi everyone,
 
thanks to tontonjok I ve bought one of the last panam sold in france and I am very happy with it!!!
 
It made me sold my audio gd master 8 much biger, maybe more detailed but much more expensive and not sound tuning thank's to tubes.
 
Now in electro dynamic and ortho I on an he400i i drive with raytheon and I am very happy with it. I have found pair of national electric I drive with happyness my hd600.
 
I tried on it hd800, lcd2 rev 2 and fazor, lcd3 (soon lcdx), ZMF blackwood he400 and everything is drived very well with a deep image of sound, strongness but smoothness of tubes.
 
I really love this amp much better than the more modest ember from garage project.
 
I was surprised to see that they stopped production of the panam. Maybe to do a better product ??
 
For the price I think i is a very very good amp but the dac is not really good to my ears (I much prefer my hex but not same cost range)
 
Happy to share my experience and in the same time trie to improve my english...

 

[TonyNewman]

  Hi everyone,
 
thanks to tontonjok I ve bought one of the last panam sold in france and I am very happy with it!!!
 
It made me sold my audio gd master 8 much biger, maybe more detailed but much more expensive and not sound tuning thank's to tubes.
 
Now in electro dynamic and ortho I on an he400i i drive with raytheon and I am very happy with it. I have found pair of national electric I drive with happyness my hd600.
 
I tried on it hd800, lcd2 rev 2 and fazor, lcd3 (soon lcdx), ZMF blackwood he400 and everything is drived very well with a deep image of sound, strongness but smoothness of tubes.
 
I really love this amp much better than the more modest ember from garage project.
 
I was surprised to see that they stopped production of the panam. Maybe to do a better product ??
 
For the price I think i is a very very good amp but the dac is not really good to my ears (I much prefer my hex but not same cost range)
 
Happy to share my experience and in the same time trie to improve my english...

 
Welcome to the PanAm club. Did you purchase a Passport or Gateway power supply to go with the amp unit?
 
Fot tube rolling it is hard to better the NOS mullards - excellent tubes.

 

[TontonJoK]

Welcome Olivier

You'll get yourself a Lcd X also ???, you'll finish owning every headphones around

 

[Oliv009]

No I own one allready as you know but indeed it is david sylvain i lend my lcd3f before sell it to flo (all fro tellement nomade ) who let me try the lcdx on the panam.
 
I'll make you a return on it. I tried allready the lcdx on a audio gd sa31 se and a super7 from EC.
 
Tonton you know I have found sokets to change tube for cheap if you need one let me know.

 

[Oliv009]

No just the panam. I tried quickly gateway of tontonjok but didńt heard differences.

I got Rca sovteck mullard, raytheon and national electric tubes.
The two last are my favorite and raytheon wins almost all the Times.

Good synergy with hd800 and he400i especialy.

With hd600 i préfér a bit the NE.

I dońt really like other ones.

 

[TontonJoK]

No just the panam. I tried quickly gateway of tontonjok but didńt heard differences.

I got Rca sovteck mullard, raytheon and national electric tubes.
The two last are my favorite and raytheon wins almost all the Times.

Good synergy with hd800 and he400i especialy.

With hd600 i préfér a bit the NE.

I dońt really like other ones.

It was the passport battery not the gateway, got the gateway later on

 

[Oliv009]

Sorry you are right...

 

[TonyNewman]

The two last are my favorite and raytheon wins almost all the Times.
 

 
I have not tried the Raytheon's - have to give those a try - thanks.

 

[Audio Reiner]

I have not tried the Raytheon's - have to give those a try - thanks.

I'm loving the Raytheon's too.

 

[TonyNewman]

I'm loving the Raytheon's too.

It's off to Ebay I am a going for some Raytheon EF95 goodness...
 
If these beat the Mullards they must be stunning - I really like the Mullards.

 

[DivergeUnify]

Is this amp no longer being made?

 

[TontonJoK]

I checked on ebay those Raytheon 6ak5 and I see yellow red and grey ones :rolleyes:

 

[TonyNewman]

  Is this amp no longer being made?

 
Correct. ALO recently announced that they are discontinuing the Pan Am.
 
No replacement announced yet.

 

[TonyNewman]

I checked on ebay those Raytheon 6ak5 and I see yellow red and grey ones

Is there a particular flavour of Raytheon tube I should be looking for?

 

[DivergeUnify]

   
Correct. ALO recently announced that they are discontinuing the Pan Am.
 
No replacement announced yet.

That's disappointing!  I just read the headfonia review, and it's statements on the synergy between the LCD2 and it were really exciting, given the fact that it's less than $500 and a tube amp