Feliks-Audio ELISE...New thread.

[Lord Raven]

Do you have a cover for War of the worlds .Thanks .

Mine is heavy weight champion lol

 

[MIKELAP]

  Here Mike
 

 

Is Chris de Burgh in there sounds like him  . that style of album reminds me of a vinyl i have RICK WAKEMAN JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH very good album  this is original 1974 version                                                                                   

 

[aqsw]

Has anybody run 6nfg s. I have a pair with adaptors waiting for when my amp arrives.They look real cool.

 

[aqsw]

Has anybody run 6nfg s. I have a pair with adaptors waiting for when my amp arrives.They look real cool.

No love for Justin Townes Earle?

 

[UntilThen]

Mike it's Richard Burton narrating. Voice thick with cigar smoke and whisky. I love him with Clint Eastwood in 'Where Eagles Dare' movie.
 
Aqsw what is 6nfg ?
 
Oh man the 'Spirit of Man' track on the War of the Worlds album is killing me !!! HE560 is singing now !!!

 

[DecentLevi]

Hello again guys. Wow, here is the Elise thread! And already 60 pages in just 3 weeks? Big What... 

 I guess the Elise amp was so good it got banned from Head-Fi (kidding). Nah I heard what happened - I just hope this thread can last longer than a year if we can work together to make sure that same shiznit doesn't happen again.
 
Anyway, as someone still standing on the sidelines between the Feliks Ausio Elise and a Glenn OTL amp (and having not tried either yet), here are  some observations (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong):
 
- both amps are approx. the same price
- both may (theoretically) sound about as good
- Elise is about 1/2 the size / weight (a plus)
- Elise doesn't require as many tubes, and it's tubes are MUCH cheaper than Glenn OTL.
 
... does that about cover it, or did I miss anything, or make any mistake? Additionally, would somebody please tell me if the Elise amp is compatible with 6J5 or 6S2S Russian tubes (even with an adapter)? I may be getting some of those for another amp, and already have some 7SN7 tubes that should work with the Elise. Thanks and enjoy

 

[aqsw]

Actually Winnipeg made Chris De Burgh and Supertramp famous.
I
They got a following here. Could not get a major label, until Winnipeg stations played the songs.(all the time)
Winnipeg, Home of Neil Young, Guess Who, BTO, and Lorenna McKennet

 

[MIKELAP]

Actually Winnipeg made Chris De Burgh and Supertramp famous.

They got a following here. Could not get a major label, until Winnipeg stations played the songs.
Winnipeg, Home of Neil Young, Guess Who, BTO, and Lorenna McKennet

i taught it was Montreal 

 

[aqsw]

Hello again guys. Wow, here is the Elise thread! And already 60 pages in just 3 weeks? Big What...   I guess the Elise amp was so good it got banned from Head-Fi (kidding). Nah I heard what happened - I just hope this thread can last longer than a year if we can work together to make sure that same shiznit doesn't happen again.

Anyway, as someone still standing on the sidelines between the Feliks Ausio Elise and a Glenn OTL amp (and having not tried either yet), here are  some observations (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong):

- both amps are approx. the same price
- both may (theoretically) sound about as good
- Elise is about 1/2 the size / weight (a plus)
- Elise doesn't require as many tubes, and it's tubes are MUCH cheaper than Glenn OTL.

... does that about cover it, or did I miss anything, or make any mistake? Additionally, would somebody please tell me if the Elise amp is compatible with 6J5 or 6S2S Russian tubes (even with an adapter)? I may be getting some of those for another amp, and already have some 7SN7 tubes that should work with the Elise. Thanks and enjoy

I may be wrong, but I think the Elise is more headphone friendly. By that, I mean most headphnes can be used and sound as well as their specs. I think the Glen prefers certain phones?? Thisis just what I was advised when buying my new headphones.

 

[JazzVinyl]

Anyway, as someone still standing on the sidelines between the Feliks Ausio Elise and a Glenn OTL amp (and having not tried either yet), here are  some observations (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong):

- both amps are approx. the same price

I don't think I have ever seen a Glenn Amp price list...

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[aqsw]

i taught it was Montreal 

Nope, CDB concerts used to sell out here continually, before anybody even knew who he was.

Then he went to Montreal!,

Ps. My daughter got her music teaching degree in Montreal. I love that city!

 

[UntilThen]

  Hello again guys. Wow, here is the Elise thread! And already 60 pages in just 3 weeks? Big What... 

 I guess the Elise amp was so good it got banned from Head-Fi (kidding). Nah I heard what happened - I just hope this thread can last longer than a year if we can work together to make sure that same shiznit doesn't happen again.
 
Anyway, as someone still standing on the sidelines between the Feliks Ausio Elise and a Glenn OTL amp (and having not tried either yet), here are  some observations (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong):
 
- both amps are approx. the same price
- both may (theoretically) sound about as good
- Elise is about 1/2 the size / weight (a plus)
- Elise doesn't require as many tubes, and it's tubes are MUCH cheaper than Glenn OTL.
 
... does that about cover it, or did I miss anything, or make any mistake? Additionally, would somebody please tell me if the Elise amp is compatible with 6J5 or 6S2S Russian tubes (even with an adapter)? I may be getting some of those for another amp, and already have some 7SN7 tubes that should work with the Elise. Thanks and enjoy

Hello DL welcome back !!!
 
Yes Elise is so good it cause a thread meltdown

 
I can't answer your questions. I have great respect for Glenn and his works. No doubt his amps will sound great. At the same time I've here in my possession Elise and she is just smacking good I can assure you. I'm unfamiliar with the tubes you mention and I don't see it being compatible with Elise on the manual.
 
My advice is buy both amps, compare and tell us.

 

[DecentLevi]

Hello, well if I strike it rich I'll get both amps or even more to compare. But all these observations are seeming to lean me in favor of the Elise, especially with the notion just mentioned that Elise may be more compatible with a wider array of headphones. (I know that's heresay, but it counts as a possibility).
 
I made an error in my posting, I meant to say I plan to use some of my 6SN7 tubes in the Elise. And although you folks told me before that non-matched tubes of the same sort are OK, I think I'm seeing between the lines that the only way to know how a tube really sounds on an amp that requires two, would be to get a 2nd matched tube to complete the matched set - right?
 
I guess nobody knows if 6J5 tubes work on Elise? I'm suspecting they should though, because they work on the Project Ember amp in dual mode, in place of one 6SN7 tube (so it may require 4 of them)

 

[JazzVinyl]

I made an error in my posting, I meant to say I plan to use some of my 6SN7 tubes in the Elise. And although you folks told me before that non-matched tubes of the same sort are OK, I think I'm seeing between the lines that the only way to know how a tube really sounds on an amp that requires two, would be to get a 2nd matched tube to complete the matched set - right?

It's okay to use two different drivers, the most important aspect is to ensure they both have the same gain factor, so that one side is not louder than the other.

Here, for example, an FDD20 as one driver and an ECC31 as the other, they pair super well together:

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Cheers!!

 

[UntilThen]

Again can't comment on Glenn amp as I have not heard it but Elise is truly versatile with headphones. I've just tried 2 different headphones. The HE560 and HD650. One a planar magnetic at 35ohms and 90db and the other a dynamic drivers at 300 ohms. Both are handled with ease by Elise. In fact I like HE560 more now with Elise.
 
With regards to 6SN7s I believe you can even use a Tung Sol 6sn7gt mouse ears with a Sylvania 6sn7wgt. I'll try later and let you know. However I'm a symmetrical guy. I prefer coordinating pairs visually. So I rather use 2 Sylvania than mix as above.
 
Elise is great fun with tube rolling. I didn't think we would have so many options as we've tried now and there's more to be discovered.