Introducing the new Continental V5 portable tube amp

[KB]

Hi Ken,
Sorry for being OT, but are you also bringing the Campfire Audio IEMs to HK next week? I have a hard time tracking down a pair of Andromeda demo here...

Hi Pekingduck,

Yes we will be at the ECT booth with the final Cv5! Please come and say hi.

Ken

 

[bflat]

@KB 
 
Ken,
 
Question for you on tubes. Since Mullards haven't been seen in a while, can both V5 and CDM handle Russian 6N16B? Voltage is the same but spec says they need 400 mA heater current. Since all the tubes you have for sale are spec'd to 300 mA, I want to make sure.
 
2nd question - if yes, are they pin compatible?
 
Thanks

 

[deafdoorknob]

met KB and Caleb today at the HK show and loved the Cv5! if they were selling it on premises I would have gotten it right away but unfortunately, they won't be available locally until October according to the distributor.

the Cv5 + mojo (or the A&K AK70) and the Focal Elears would be THE killer otg system the could get people to get off the upgrade merry go round me thinks!

 

[Vigrith]

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 interested in this for sure.

 

[deafdoorknob]

@KB are there any plans to revisit your solid state line of portable amps be it a high output Rx or the national in the forseeable future?

thanks

 

[KB]

@KB are there any plans to revisit your solid state line of portable amps be it a high output Rx or the national in the forseeable future?

thanks

HI Deafdoorknob,
 
We do have a balanced version of the Rx, however I tabled it to work on the Cv5 ;-(
 
So I guess that would be a yes and no. 
 
Thanks for asking.
 
Ken

 

[deafdoorknob]

HI Deafdoorknob,

We do have a balanced version of the Rx, however I tabled it to work on the Cv5 ;-(

So I guess that would be a yes and no. 

Thanks for asking.

Ken

thanks Ken

all good!

btw, please check PM

 

[gr8soundz]

  HI Deafdoorknob,
 
We do have a balanced version of the Rx, however I tabled it to work on the Cv5 ;-(
 
So I guess that would be a yes and no. 
 
Thanks for asking.
 
Ken

 
Any chance that balanced output found it's way into the revised CV5?
 

 

[mscott58]

Any chance that balanced output found it's way into the revised CV5?

 

Nope. Sorry!

 

[headfry]

as an owner of both Mojo and ALO the Island - I eagerly 
anticipate the release of the V5.
 
.....hoping that Mojo + V5 will be even better than CDM!

 

[deafdoorknob]

as an owner of both Mojo and ALO the Island - I eagerly 
anticipate the release of the V5.

.....hoping that Mojo + V5 will be even better than CDM!

I hope so too... I'm currently using the national+ as a Mojo "sweetener" for certain headphones

 

[CLXMUSIC]

Really curious about this new CV5 ...  

 

[bflat]

I think an Audioquest Dragonfly Red would work really well for a DAC with the V5 - both sound wise and portability.

 

[rylim]

Is anyone here a user of SE846? I'm wondering if you have test this amp with your IEM ?

 

[Sound Eq]

  HI Deafdoorknob,
 
We do have a balanced version of the Rx, however I tabled it to work on the Cv5 ;-(
 
So I guess that would be a yes and no. 
 
Thanks for asking.
 
Ken

any update on release date, as we are all so eager to get this amp