[goldwerger]

I feel good now about my purchase last November. I love the wood esthetics. this new design looks like a downgrade. no buyer remorse here on that account

 

[ThanatosVI]

I feel good now about my purchase last November. I love the wood esthetics. this new design looks like a downgrade. no buyer remorse here on that account

I feel sorry for everyone Who wanted to buy one but then waited because a V2 was rumored

 

[ZzZzZzZ]

Even the transformers looks to be generic cubical in this metal chassis version instead of nice mighty cylinders of wooden unit.

 

[paradoxper]

I feel sorry for everyone Who wanted to buy one but then waited because a V2 was rumored

This is quite a bit worse than the Woo misstep. Who's buying this POS?

 

[LarsMan]

They had one of the most unique and beautiful amps I've ever seen (and that I currently have), but I guess they decided industrial looking amps sell better than beautiful ones. I don't know why they even kept the Nirvana name. Should make it easier to sell my current black and wood Nirvana. Great amp, but my Eddie Current Studio B won my personal shoot-out. Lots of other folks would likely prefer the Nirvana.

 

[Aquileolus]

Hope there’s no change in sound for the new Nirvana, I feel so lucky to get mine last Dec, I bet they can reduce the build cost by removing wood and leather…

 

[samr33]

The new Nirvana photos are posted on Auris Audio Facebook page.

Although the new one is not really that bad looking, but for sure I would prefer the older one.

 

[samr33]

I asked the same question on a review of Feliks Envy by headfonia.com
The reply i got is here -

300B is hard to beat, but then it is very expensive.

 

[ZzZzZzZ]

300B is hard to beat, but then it is very expensive.

Tube rolling is different sport altogether but looking at retail pricing at present Feliks Envy and Auris Nirvana are very close to each other.

 

[samr33]

Tube rolling is different sport altogether but looking at retail pricing at present Feliks Envy and Auris Nirvana are very close to each other.

I wouldn't say very close when there is $2k difference, more like they're in similar price range, anyway as I mentioned before 300B is hard to beat, it is one of the best sounding tube, but for whatever reason if you need to get a new pair of tubes, it may not for better sound quality, it can simply because the old tubes dies on you, and when you try to get another pair it is quite costly, let alone to say that you are after better sound quality, it is something that one have to take into account, but to be honest, does the envy sounds great and better than Nirvana? I bet it is and I like it, but will I try to get my hand on one? Most likely no, I've owned a 300B amp long time ago, don't wanna spend another fortune on one again.

 

[ZzZzZzZ]

It's 1.2k USD difference
Feliks Envy 6499 Euro = 6924.78 USD
Auris Nirvana $5,799.00

I wouldn't say very close when there is $2k difference.

 

[samr33]

It's 1.2k USD difference
Feliks Envy 6499 Euro = 6924.78 USD
Auris Nirvana $5,799.00

I'm not sure if I searched the right price, this is the price I saw.

 

[ZzZzZzZ]

I used official Feliks Audio webpage for pricing.

 

[ZzZzZzZ]

More importantly one of the reviews for Feliks Envy said it's sound is more or less on same level as Auris Headonia which is €8,899.00.
The difference in pricing between Headonia and Envy is €2499 = 2560 USD !!

 

[LarsMan]

More importantly one of the reviews for Feliks Envy said it's sound is more or less on same level as Auris Headonia which is €8,899.00.
The difference in pricing between Headonia and Envy is €2499 = 2560 USD !!

I don't know how important it is that one reviewer thought that; probably wise to look at more than one review to get some kind of consensus before taking that as gospel.