Introducing the new Continental V5 portable tube amp

[WCDchee]

Ouch.

(v3 owner)

Ouch? About time for an upgrade!

 

[lafeuill]

My v3 is only a few weeks old...
 
Tremendous synergy with Custom Art Harmony 8 regulars by the way, precisely because they sound their best with a powerful and slightly over-enthusiatic-in-the-upper-regions amp.
 
Pairing v3 with DT 1770 Pro was an acidic nightmare...

 
More successful with LCD2, but Rx MK3-B+ keeps the lead.
 
My dap's a dual dac equivalent of the one Vinnie and Ken implemented in the CDM, so getting v5 would be like creating an über CDM...... player included ^^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Where do I sign ?

 

[flatmap]

   
[...]  
One is not clearly better.  CDM is a larger portable 'beast' that has USB input to wolfson dac, SE and BAL inputs/outputs, and dual mono tubestage.  It is closer sounding to the ALO Studio Six reference desktop tube headphone amp. 
[...]
 
 
 
I hope this helps!
 
Vinnie

 
My mouth is still hanging open at this daring comparison to the Studio Six!

 

[WizardKnight]

I'm really looking forward to reading about many people's impressions of this amp. Am betting the Continental V5 will be the portable amp that I'll be getting!

 

[Sound Eq]

   
hykhleif
 
Sure, the bass adjust feature on the Mk3 was cool but in the end it was extra circuitry on the PCB and = more noise and complexity for something new. Adding a bass adjust to a portable tube amp just was not on the design of the Cv5 as we feel the bass on the little tube amp is perfect and we like the cleaner more purist approach for this one. 
 
Thanks for asking though.
 
Ken

thanks Ken for answering, but maybe u can put things in perspective for me, how does the bass on cv5 compare to the bass fully dialed in on the rx mk3
 
is it less or about the same?
 
Bass is really important to me and I know there are more to things than bass, but at least I get an idea

 

[KB]

  thanks Ken for answering, but maybe u can put things in perspective for me, how does the bass on cv5 compare to the bass fully dialed in on the rx mk3
 
is it less or about the same?
 
Bass is really important to me and I know there are more to things than bass, but at least I get an idea

 
I just compared A/B with the Mk3 B bass at full vs the Cv5, the low end on the Mk3B is for sure doing what it is intended to do, add more weight and boom. So if that is what your after yeah I would say the Mk3B with bass adjustment at full will have a darker heavier 20-100hz perceived weight vs the Cv5. However I must say that the Mk3 is not as wide or "natural" sounding as the Cv5. But I can see why people do love that feature with the bass adjust I think we we did a great job with the Mk3s bass adjust in terms of making it "just right" and not over doing it. I greatly prefer the sound of the Cv5 and I am not just saying so for the sake of sales, we are very proud of the technical accomplishment with the Cv5.
 
I hope this helps.
 
Thank you
 
ken

 

[gr8soundz]

Too bad the Rx Mk3B+ isn't still available for sale.
 

 

[Sound Eq]

   
I just compared A/B with the Mk3 B bass at full vs the Cv5, the low end on the Mk3B is for sure doing what it is intended to do, add more weight and boom. So if that is what your after yeah I would say the Mk3B with bass adjustment at full will have a darker heavier 20-100hz perceived weight vs the Cv5. However I must say that the Mk3 is not as wide or "natural" sounding as the Cv5. But I can see why people do love that feature with the bass adjust I think we we did a great job with the Mk3s bass adjust in terms of making it "just right" and not over doing it. I greatly prefer the sound of the Cv5 and I am not just saying so for the sake of sales, we are very proud of the technical accomplishment with the Cv5.
 
I hope this helps.
 
Thank you
 
ken

well i am going to buy the cv5 but I really hope u come up with a successor for the mk3 B+ as that is simply a great great amp that has the same bass boost

 

[WCDchee]

well i am going to buy the cv5 but I really hope u come up with a successor for the mk3 B+ as that is simply a great great amp that has the same bass boost

Please do you will NOT regret it

 

[KB]

  well i am going to buy the cv5 but I really hope u come up with a successor for the mk3 B+ as that is simply a great great amp that has the same bass boost

 
Noted on that and thank you.
 
Ken

 

[fixated]

Oh man, now I can't decide. I was already planning to buy the new Rx and now this 

 

 

[WCDchee]

Oh man, now I can't decide. I was already planning to buy the new Rx and now this :confused_face:  

They're Two very different Flavours of sound, but the cv5 is the more versatile and impressive to my ears.

If there's a dealer near you, you should try to listen to them first before deciding

 

[fixated]

Yeah I figured that they would be somewhat different, will probably wait until I try the CV5 out 

 

[razzer]

As someone who is looking for their first tube amp to drive mainly IEMs (plus the occasional full size can), would you recommend the v5 vs the CDM? I am struggling a bit to understand the differences between the two in terms of sound. I only need an amp as I will be using the mojo as a dac. Many thanks for your help in advance!

 

[lafeuill]

As someone who is looking for their first tube amp to drive mainly IEMs (plus the occasional full size can), would you recommend the v5 vs the CDM? I am struggling a bit to understand the differences between the two in terms of sound. I only need an amp as I will be using the mojo as a dac. Many thanks for your help in advance!

For you, it's a no brainer -> v5.