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Headphoneus Supremus
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No problem. Some people have made DIY amps based on this tube pushing up to 60 watts per side in a single ended configuration, with plate voltages above 850 volts. A crazy tube should you be interested in building a tube amp.
The thing that I like most compared to the Aleph besides its added amount of bass is that it absolutely shines at higher volumes. It's great at lower to normal volumes with a nice full sound, but at higher volumes it's brilliant. The Aleph might have been a bit limited in power at higher volumes since it just doesn't move air like the Audioromy. With the Aleph you get loud, but lacking in real pressure. I thought this was a problem of the speakers, since they are only 4" fullranges, but the Audioromy makes it seem like I have a set of large three way floorstanders in regards to pressure, overall size and weight of the sound. It's addicting, and has me listening to higher volumes than I used to (Something that's been noticed by parents, unfortunatly. They'll get used to it.
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On the downside:
- The amp gets hot. Really, really hot. It will heat up my entire room on days like today, when it's roughly 5-8° C outside and I don't have any heater on in my room. Fine by me for now, but what about summer time?
- The amp is huge. I'll have to have it infront of my rack on the ground. Not much of a problem for me, but for people with pets / kids in the house...
- It's also an integrated amp, though it's features are a joke. It has two inputs and a volume knob. It also has a seperate input which bypasses the volume knob and allows for use of a preamp so it's essentially a power amp, which is what I'm doing. Fine with me, but others might have a problem when they have more than two devices and no preamp.
- 45 watts per tube, how long are these going to last? Matched pairs aren't cheap (RCA's for $550).
| Originally Posted by Towert7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks! |
No problem. Some people have made DIY amps based on this tube pushing up to 60 watts per side in a single ended configuration, with plate voltages above 850 volts. A crazy tube should you be interested in building a tube amp.
The thing that I like most compared to the Aleph besides its added amount of bass is that it absolutely shines at higher volumes. It's great at lower to normal volumes with a nice full sound, but at higher volumes it's brilliant. The Aleph might have been a bit limited in power at higher volumes since it just doesn't move air like the Audioromy. With the Aleph you get loud, but lacking in real pressure. I thought this was a problem of the speakers, since they are only 4" fullranges, but the Audioromy makes it seem like I have a set of large three way floorstanders in regards to pressure, overall size and weight of the sound. It's addicting, and has me listening to higher volumes than I used to (Something that's been noticed by parents, unfortunatly. They'll get used to it.
On the downside:
- The amp gets hot. Really, really hot. It will heat up my entire room on days like today, when it's roughly 5-8° C outside and I don't have any heater on in my room. Fine by me for now, but what about summer time?
- The amp is huge. I'll have to have it infront of my rack on the ground. Not much of a problem for me, but for people with pets / kids in the house...
- It's also an integrated amp, though it's features are a joke. It has two inputs and a volume knob. It also has a seperate input which bypasses the volume knob and allows for use of a preamp so it's essentially a power amp, which is what I'm doing. Fine with me, but others might have a problem when they have more than two devices and no preamp.
- 45 watts per tube, how long are these going to last? Matched pairs aren't cheap (RCA's for $550).
but I've gone of headphones onto other things
