Just got the Echo, a few quick impressions:
- I love the build quality. The amp is massive and does not budge, which means when I accidentally yank my cable, the jack pops out instead of dragging the whole rig with it. Also, I love how the volume knob is massive and oh so smooooooth.
- this sounds very similar to a solid state, I've used my phone mic to level match the Objective 2 and Echo to compare them, and they sound almost identical (in terms of frequency response). This is both good and bad because this means this amp doesn't soften the bass or roll off treble like tubes with poorer quality tube amps, but the lack of coloration also means that it's pretty boring in terms of it being an upgrade.
- outside of frequency response, the Echo does do a few things pretty well, most noticeably better separation and smoother bass.
I wanna get started on tube rolling asap. Does anyone have any recommendations and/or links to websites where I can get some in North America?