Feliks Audio Elise Impressions Thread – a New Start (please read first post for summary)

[UntilThen]

Another gratuitous pic of GEC tubes, just couldn't resist, but after ten days with this combo, as far as I'm concerned this is the pinnacle, it just does not get better this.

Getting rich Scutey I have the GEC KT66 already and will be getting the GEC KT77 and 88.

 

[Scutey]

Getting rich Scutey I have the GEC KT66 already and will be getting the GEC KT77 and 88.

Nice!, bit of a GEC love in going on here!. I've been having this daydream, I walk into a second hand shop and spot box of old tubes, and lo, what do I see in it but full of pristine GEC KT88 tubes, the proprietor doesn't know what he's got and sells them to me for £10, well a bloke can dream eh? .

 

[UntilThen]

Nice!, bit of a GEC love in going on here!. I've been having this daydream, I walk into a second hand shop and spot box of old tubes, and lo, what do I see in it but full of pristine GEC KT88 tubes, the proprietor doesn't know what he's got and sells them to me for £10, well a bloke can dream eh? .

It's a good dream except I also dream of other brands like Telefunken, Mullard etc.

 

[lalawilson168]

Hi guys, I probably should have asked this before pulling the trigger on the purchase, but you know how it is.

Is the amp auto biasing the matched tubes?
As an otl amp, the recommend headphone impedance goes as low as 32ohms and I have heard it works well with certain planars like the Ayra, which kind of counter intuitive for me.
I'll be coming from a BHC+SB, anyone can comment on how much of an upgrade it would be with the elise?

Thanks!

 

[UntilThen]

Hi guys, I probably should have asked this before pulling the trigger on the purchase, but you know how it is.

Is the amp auto biasing the matched tubes?
As an otl amp, the recommend headphone impedance goes as low as 32ohms and I have heard it works well with certain planars like the Ayra, which kind of counter intuitive for me.
I'll be coming from a BHC+SB, anyone can comment on how much of an upgrade it would be with the elise?

Thanks!

Auto bias. Shouldn't be a problem with Arya but Arya might thrives on more power from another more powerful amp. Don't know. I've heard both but not together.

Feliks Elise beats the BHC + SB hands down. I've owned Elise and have heard Crack so I know but YYMV as usual.

 

[OctavianH]

Nice!, bit of a GEC love in going on here!. I've been having this daydream, I walk into a second hand shop and spot box of old tubes, and lo, what do I see in it but full of pristine GEC KT88 tubes, the proprietor doesn't know what he's got and sells them to me for £10, well a bloke can dream eh? .

Well, the perfect dream if also Alicia Vikander is the shop seller. Anyway, thinking about how lucky I am most probably I'll be stucked in traffic and when I'll manage to arrive at the shop @UntilThen's Rolls Royce will be parked outside and all the tubes will be already bought and loaded in the trunk. Well, at least I'll remain with Alicia. LOL

 

[UntilThen]

Well, the perfect dream if also Alicia Vikander is the shop seller. Anyway, thinking about how lucky I am most probably I'll be stucked in traffic and when I'll manage to arrive at the shop @UntilThen's Rolls Royce will be parked outside and all the tubes will be already bought and loaded in the trunk. Well, at least I'll remain with Alicia. LOL

Strange that I've not heard of Alicia but now that I have, you can have my Rolls Royce while I go on a date with Alicia. Hell you can even have my GEC tubes....

I want to be stranded on an island with her. You can have my tube amps and tubes.

 

[OctavianH]

I want to be stranded on an island with her. You can have my tube amps and tubes.

Hmm, the dream was better with me delayed and remaining with Alicia. Now let me take this thread and hide it somewhere until my girlfriend finds out.

 

[UntilThen]

Hmm, the dream was better with me delayed and remaining with Alicia. Now let me take this thread and hide it somewhere until my girlfriend finds out.

Hahaha I'll tell your girlfriend unless you hand over all your GEC tubes. This is now a blackmail.

 

[OctavianH]

Hahaha I'll tell your girlfriend unless you hand over all your GEC tubes. This is now a blackmail.

I'll kidnap myself and all my tubes and nobody will find me. Now we have also Liam Neeson in the dream. LOL

 

[UntilThen]

A long time ago with GOTL.

 

[Scutey]

Hey you guys, where are you taking my daydream .

 

[UntilThen]

Hey you guys, where are you taking my daydream .

Is your dream GEC or Alicia?

 

[Scutey]

Well, let's put it this way, I like GEC tubes ... but not that much .

 

[barontan2418]

Just pushed the button on a secondhand Chord Hugo TT. My most expensive single purchase so far. Never had my finger hover over the buy button for so long. Still it's only money, I'm justifying purchase on money saved on petrol over the last year.