DNA Stratus 2A3 amplifier - first impressions
Jun 18, 2018 at 3:22 PM Post #3,609 of 4,456
It is a strange world, I tried the 800 many times with ss and always thrown them by the window, now with the Stratus can't get them out of my ears :deadhorse:
 
Jun 28, 2018 at 3:44 PM Post #3,610 of 4,456
I told myself no tubes till the Stratus arrived a year later but I already have these RCA and Philips Miniwatt 6BQ7A and a pair of Voskhod 6N1P-EV arriving soon. I will resist buying any rectifiers or 2a3 tubes until I have heard the stock tubes.

As luck would have it or the lack thereof, I had an GEC / Osram U52 incoming but it didn't get delivered. In the end I got a refund instead. I will get one when Stratus arrives.

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Jun 30, 2018 at 9:09 AM Post #3,611 of 4,456
Mine is back from upgrade-world! Everything was super smooth with Donald (as always). Can’t wait to get it set up and hear it :L3000:
 
Jul 5, 2018 at 6:31 PM Post #3,612 of 4,456
I told myself no tubes till the Stratus arrived a year later but I already have these RCA and Philips Miniwatt 6BQ7A and a pair of Voskhod 6N1P-EV arriving soon. I will resist buying any rectifiers or 2a3 tubes until I have heard the stock tubes.

As luck would have it or the lack thereof, I had an GEC / Osram U52 incoming but it didn't get delivered. In the end I got a refund instead. I will get one when Stratus arrives.


Try one of these 9 pin Pearl Cooler's too. I'm not joking. You can't beat the price/performance ratio!

Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/PEARL-TUBE-COOLER-for-9-pin-MINIATURE-SMALL-SIGNAL-TUBES-TYPE-MCF-9/332390485130?hash=item4d64044c8a:g:9agAAOSw6HJZxRv-

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Jul 6, 2018 at 4:10 AM Post #3,615 of 4,456
Awesome! Definitely worth the wait m8. Amazing performance

Glad to have some feedback. This is starting to feel like a ghost town. :)

You know I'm on a mission here to find out which amp sounds best with HD800. I've live with Glenn OTL amp for close to 7 months now and my ears tells me that the HD800 has never sounded better. However that's what everyone here says about Stratus with HD800. So I'm piqued, intrigued to find out for myself. My guess is that they are very different flavours.

This is my setup now minus the Ragnarok which I've since sold.

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