Mikey01
Headphoneus Supremus
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As I had reported earlier this week, I have an Eddie Current "Dual Mono 2" headphone amplifier here to sample. I have only listened for one night so take that into account as also the BlackGate caps are probably not fully broken in either, let alone the rest of the amp. I am sure it matures well as it ages as most do. However, straight out of the box, with Russian tubes, it did sound very good.
The DM-2 is an OTL design and a true dual mono setup. Each channel has it's own power supply with absolutly no crosstalk bleedover between them. This should replace the HD 300. There are NO similarities in design between the two. The HD 300 was a straight forward very simple common design where as this DM-2 design is much more complex with a few rather complex engineering features installed.
The DM-2 has 2 12AU7 tubes. The 12AU7 is a medium-mu twin triode minature glass tube. A lot of you are familiar with this one. The DM-2 also uses 2 6B4G tubes. The 6B4G is an octal equivalent of 2A3 called 6B4G (Russian name is 6C4C). This is a 6.3V-filament DHT with octal base and 2A3 construction. I guess this is why I like the amp so much. Tube rolling should be a real joy with this amp having a 2A3 type of sound. Any faults the Russian tubes may have, I suspect, would be wiped away by tuberolling as was the case with my Eddie Current 2A3.
In brief, it has a very wide sound stage, extreme blackness, splended bold bass, melo midrange, and a high which is good but which I would temper with tube rolling and more breakin.
I will let the people at the upcomming New York meet expand on this as they see fit. OH, and also the music from this amp comes thru "thick". Another way to say it is that, like the DM-1, it is very musical and a bit different than any other OTL design I have listened to. This amp has great potential with it's tube compliment "upgradeability". This is a "must listen to" amp to have on your short list. I will compare the DM-1 and DM-2 in a later more indepth review.
[size=medium]The DM-2 will be available for audition at the New York meet June 18th.[/size]
The DM-2 is an OTL design and a true dual mono setup. Each channel has it's own power supply with absolutly no crosstalk bleedover between them. This should replace the HD 300. There are NO similarities in design between the two. The HD 300 was a straight forward very simple common design where as this DM-2 design is much more complex with a few rather complex engineering features installed.
The DM-2 has 2 12AU7 tubes. The 12AU7 is a medium-mu twin triode minature glass tube. A lot of you are familiar with this one. The DM-2 also uses 2 6B4G tubes. The 6B4G is an octal equivalent of 2A3 called 6B4G (Russian name is 6C4C). This is a 6.3V-filament DHT with octal base and 2A3 construction. I guess this is why I like the amp so much. Tube rolling should be a real joy with this amp having a 2A3 type of sound. Any faults the Russian tubes may have, I suspect, would be wiped away by tuberolling as was the case with my Eddie Current 2A3.
In brief, it has a very wide sound stage, extreme blackness, splended bold bass, melo midrange, and a high which is good but which I would temper with tube rolling and more breakin.
I will let the people at the upcomming New York meet expand on this as they see fit. OH, and also the music from this amp comes thru "thick". Another way to say it is that, like the DM-1, it is very musical and a bit different than any other OTL design I have listened to. This amp has great potential with it's tube compliment "upgradeability". This is a "must listen to" amp to have on your short list. I will compare the DM-1 and DM-2 in a later more indepth review.
[size=medium]The DM-2 will be available for audition at the New York meet June 18th.[/size]