Feliks Audio ENVY

[CharlyBrown]

So when it comes to the wobble gate
If a knob of the mighty HE1 wiggles this much it’s okay to accept the slight one in the input/gain on the envy (video in the link)

https://share.icloud.com/photos/095P7kpaLIP5DnSSLb_1Lf7Dg

This is more like suspension than wiggle (with the HE-1)

I think we are all a little OCD around here but the little movement of the gain and input selectors is really to be neglected imho

 

[nfandi]

This is more like suspension than wiggle (with the HE-1)

I think we are all a little OCD around here but the little movement of the gain and input selectors is really to be neglected imho

The degrees of knob wobble, perfectly calculated by Lucasz Feliks, are why the Envy Meisterwerk and the AE are so expensive. You just cannot get the perfection of Feliks Knob Wobble anywhere else on the Blue Planet.

 

[CharlyBrown]

The degrees of knob wobble, perfectly calculated by Lucasz Feliks, are why the Envy Meisterwerk and the AE are so expensive. You just cannot get the perfection of Feliks Knob Wobble anywhere else on the Blue Planet.

Now that you mention it. I’m especially impressed by the 100% wobble alignment of both knobs!

 

[turbofeet]

My wife had gone upstairs so I had a good feel.

Mine is like rock - no wiggle at all.

 

[Elect37]

You guys are hysterical

 

[nwavesailor]

I thought I was on the Envy not 'do your Envy knobs wobble' forum?

I'm with @turbofeet, @incredulousity and a few others that somehow got the wobble free version on our amps.

 

[JTbbb]

Wobbling free…in Wimbledon, for those of a certain era.

 

[nwavesailor]

The wobble free list grows............Perhaps the US and UK got these special Envy's???

 

[jlbrach]

my knobs have a slight wobble and I couldnt care less lol

 

[CharlyBrown]

Returning to the forum the next day only to learn there's now a full page of wobble talk. I knew it would be crazy to start with the high end gear stuff...

 

[kajetanjazz]

I think the wobble is precisely calculated for an appropriate ratio between the satisfaction and irritation. If you were fully satisfied you wouldn’t buy the new best thing Feliks would release

 

[ThanatosVI]

If you were fully satisfied you wouldn’t buy the new best thing Feliks would release

Oh I certainly would...

 

[CharlyBrown]

Oh I certainly would...

That's the spirit!

 

[CharlyBrown]

Does anyone have a hint for me regarding tube rolling?

The sockets (especially those for the 300Bs) are super tight and I always fear that something bad happens when I pull the 300Bs out. I try to grab the tube on the socket (as good as I can) and also hold the glass part with my whole hand to stabilize the process and to prevent that the tube shoots in the air like a rocket when the point is reached where the tightness all of a sudden is gone and I have to control the force to stop the uplift movement.

Putting them back in is no problem, btw.

Would it be advisable to use some Deoxit D5 for the pins so the tubes slide out more easy or is that counter productive?

 

[Doug2507]

Does anyone have a hint for me regarding tube rolling?

The sockets (especially those for the 300Bs) are super tight and I always fear that something bad happens when I pull the 300Bs out. I try to grab the tube on the socket (as good as I can) and also hold the glass part with my whole hand to stabilize the process and to prevent that the tube shoots in the air like a rocket when the point is reached where the tightness all of a sudden is gone and I have to control the force to stop the uplift movement.

Putting them back in is no problem, btw.

Would it be advisable to use some Deoxit D5 for the pins so the tubes slide out more easy or is that counter productive?

A "gentle" wiggle helps to make the process smoother.

Edit: Just to be clear, that's a wiggle, not a wobble.