Hi SMF...yet another tube (valve!!) lover from darkest Suffolk...a hearty welcome to you.
It's nice to see that perhaps not quite all is lost with Euforia sales, after the recent price hike lol
....congratulations!...
Nice too, that you are coming from Elise, and with a good selection of tubes (from the sound of it!
). It is, of course, obligatory that you do indeed let us know your findings ASAP...but you know by now that good burn-in will make all the difference! Mind you, the moment I first heard my own (prototype) amp, I knew she was something special and in a different class to Elise...and my progressive system upgrades ever since have taken her to a level that IMHO justifies (almost!!) the higher price. This amp cries out for high-end partners...not least being the very best cables one can afford, preferably UPOCC silver (and copper, perhaps)-based ones, but which demand either very deep pockets or minimal soldering skills lol...
...ENJOY!!...CJ
ps. I certainly hear you
@connieflyer and
@mordy...in many ways a shot in the foot re. the price rise and, no doubt, especially in relation to our own position here in head-fi forum land, alas!
As mentioned previously, one can only hope that providing folks with the opportunity to sample her charms in the showroom before committing to purchase
might just work for F-A...depending on the competition nearby lol!!
Extra features would certainly have been nice, but Euforia does already possess a good few of those, and much will probably depend on whether other manufacturers are prepared to swallow inevitable cost increases, or not! And anything that would require a fair bit of work changing the chassis brings its own problems and extra cost, of course.
It remains to be seen just how Euforia will sit in the product line (at its new price)...especially alongside F-A's projected flagship next year (which will have more bells and whistles no doubt, but at a price I daren't even imagine just yet!!).
I still believe most of us have been benefiting from our wonderful amps at the expense of the Feliks-Audio family for a long while now, and I can only hope and pray that their new business model brings them all the rewards they so heartily deserve....we here most certainly have been...
THE LUCKY ONES!!...Cheers to you all....