[xanatizer]

Hi everyone,
I've been watching this thread for sometime now, but never really contributed to it.
I'm quite interested about tube amps, I've been eyeing Cayin's HA-3A and of course, Eufonika's.
One thing I'm struggling about Eufonika: Info, specifically model related information.

http://www.eufonika.pl/index.html lists H4 and H7 models.

https://www.etsy.com/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Eufonika?ref=shop_sugg_market
has much more models, but very scant info. And I'd rather deal directly wih Eufonika.

I'm looking for an amp with balanced XLR inputs, and preferably balanced XLR headphone outputs. Is there any model with those options?

Eufonika amps have PCBs, but is there any model with point-to-point wiring?

Thanks, all help appreciated.

I had asked for a balanced output on my amp. He added a 4 pin xlr like I asked, but when I took the meter to it I saw that what should be two negatives were one shared ground. While it worked it sounded great and had plenty of power, so I don't really feel bad about it not being a true balanced output.(My amp had a failure on arrival. It was a prototype. He's currently building me another.) If you really need that, I would have a long conversation with Wieslaw about an actual balanced architecture.

 

[roderickvd]

Hi everyone,
I've been watching this thread for sometime now, but never really contributed to it.
I'm quite interested about tube amps, I've been eyeing Cayin's HA-3A and of course, Eufonika's.

Welcome!

One thing I'm struggling about Eufonika: Info, specifically model related information.

http://www.eufonika.pl/index.html lists H4 and H7 models.

https://www.etsy.com/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Eufonika?ref=shop_sugg_market
has much more models, but very scant info. And I'd rather deal directly wih Eufonika.

And then there's eBay too: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/eufonika
None of them are really in sync and I believe eufonika.pl to be particularly out of date.

Wieslaw doesn't seem to care about marketing, but is -outside of holidays- very responsive. Personally I have had frequent chats with him both over Etsy, where I did my initial buy, and later directly through e-mail. So when you buy through Etsy, you do deal directly with him.

I'm looking for an amp with balanced XLR inputs, and preferably balanced XLR headphone outputs. Is there any model with those options?

To my knowledge, all of his amps today are single-ended. I did chat with him shortly toying around the idea of a fully balanced one. He was very interested, but I did not go through with it.

Anyway Wieslaw can and does build anything you want for little to no extra markup. He has already for multiple users here. Certainly for the price of a Cayin HA-3A you get something really nice from Wieslaw!

Myself I own a custom H5 with 4-pin XLR out. Indeed just for convenience (and slightly lower crosstalk) as the ground channel is common. I have no experience with the HA-3A, but from a quick read I see that it is also single-ended but uses output transformers to convert to balanced. So transformer-coupled (SET) unlike the Eufonikas.

Eufonika amps have PCBs, but is there any model with point-to-point wiring?

Don't know. Both of mine are with PCBs.

 

[xanatizer]

Welcome!

And then there's eBay too: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/eufonika
None of them are really in sync and I believe eufonika.pl to be particularly out of date.

Wieslaw doesn't seem to care about marketing, but is -outside of holidays- very responsive. Personally I have had frequent chats with him both over Etsy, where I did my initial buy, and later directly through e-mail. So when you buy through Etsy, you do deal directly with him.

To my knowledge, all of his amps today are single-ended. I did chat with him shortly toying around the idea of a fully balanced one. He was very interested, but I did not go through with it.

Anyway Wieslaw can and does build anything you want for little to no extra markup. He has already for multiple users here. Certainly for the price of a Cayin HA-3A you get something really nice from Wieslaw!

Myself I own a custom H5 with 4-pin XLR out. Indeed just for convenience (and slightly lower crosstalk) as the ground channel is common. I have no experience with the HA-3A, but from a quick read I see that it is also single-ended but uses output transformers to convert to balanced. So transformer-coupled (SET) unlike the Eufonikas.

Don't know. Both of mine are with PCBs.

That's something I forgot to mention about my request for a balanced output. Though it isn't balanced, he did add the extra output for no charge, along with other small requests.
On pcbs; there's nothing wrong with a good PCB and Wieslaw's are some of the cleanest I've ever seen. If you do have something go wrong, you can just ship the board back for a repair/exchange. That being said, This amp looks like a good p2p design,
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185519930649
though I haven't any idea what the amp is like.

 

[oldson]

Your H5 is also with transformer completely inside? No “bell top”? That’s a new design.

mine is also. looks neater

 

[roderickvd]

That being said, This amp looks like a good p2p design,
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185519930649
though I haven't any idea what the amp is like.

Ouch... I'd take a well-designed PCB over that any day. Also this: https://www.aikenamps.com/index.php/is-point-to-point-better-than-pcb

 

[Arum16]

Thanks @xanatizer @roderickvd for all your tips and suggestions.
I'll try and contact Wieslaw.

 

[Arum16]

Ouch... I'd take a well-designed PCB over that any day. Also this: https://www.aikenamps.com/index.php/is-point-to-point-better-than-pcb

Clarifying!!
Nice

 

[roderickvd]

Let us know what you end up getting! Enjoy!

 

[xanatizer]

Ouch... I'd take a well-designed PCB over that any day. Also this: https://www.aikenamps.com/index.php/is-point-to-point-better-than-pcb

It looks solid, electrically. But, crude, yes.

 

[PiotrekS]

By the way for the H5 I have for now settled on a Philips Heerlen E80CC (with adapter). It gives a very warm and vintage sound with a lot of mid bass. I found it necessary to balance that out with a leaner power tube or it all becomes too much. So there I put in a Philips JAN ECG 6080WC which I find very linear sounding. This combination sounds great on my Beyers.

Thank you for the hint. I bought Valvo E80CC from 1962 na use it with Mullard 6080. Great combination. Nice adapter from Deyan from Head-Fi.

 

[HDFXRLR]

Hello everyone. I bought a Eufonika H6M mk2. Made by Wieslaw 2020, I bought now second hand. Still in the testing phase. Tom

 

[andrewchoppa]

Hello everyone. I bought a Eufonika H6M mk2. Made by Wieslaw 2020, I bought now second hand. Still in the testing phase. Tom

Looking forward to hearing your impressions after you've had a good listen!!

 

[HDFXRLR]

Eufonika H6M mk.2

 

[andrewchoppa]

Looks great!!
So it's balanced only with the xlrs? No rcas too (probably don't need them)?

 

[roderickvd]

Great looking unit indeed! And great find with seemingly fully balanced operation!