[David Pritchard]

A rare Moth Audio amp has just been listed on AudioGon today. It will only last a few hours before it is sold- my prediction. Just a heads up for those that know when not to delay. I have no association with this amp just a lot of admiration.
David Pritchard

 

[Uncle Erik]

You're wrong!

It didn't last 30 minutes. Can you believe it?

The last time one came up, I offered the asking price within eight minutes of listing. I came in second. Ended up putting a deposit on a Zana the next day.

 

[jeffreyj900]

Wow... It was gone FAST. I had been making it a habit of searching for Moth when going to Audiogon. Oh well... My ZD will be here Thursday!

 

[jp11801]

that amp was one special amp and was purchased by the second most deserving headfier (to me of course)

I had the original Moth 2a3 that was used as a review model and it was really sweet and foolishly sold it.

 

[David Pritchard]

JP- Can you tell us who was the fastest on the draw and is getting the Moth?
Now a question for Uncle Erik- what tubes do you have in the Zana Deux this week? I put the Brimar back in to do some extended Mozart listening.
David Pritchard

 

[tyrion]

I'm guessing that Moth is staying in the Chicago area. I have not heard this particular Moth amp but have heard jp's and owned a Moth 2A3 and believe the ZD to be superior as a headpone amp.

 

[KenW]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jp11801 /img/forum/go_quote.gif that amp was one special amp and was purchased by the second most deserving headfier (to me of course) I had the original Moth 2a3 that was used as a review model and it was really sweet and foolishly sold it.

Yep. Quite the history behind that one, but unfortunately, it wasn't the one used for the review.

 

[recstar24]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyrion /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm guessing that Moth is staying in the Chicago area. I have not heard this particular Moth amp but have heard jp's and owned a Moth 2A3 and believe the ZD to be superior as a headpone amp.

Yeah you could say it stayed in Chicago

This amp is slightly different from the original moth s2a3 and si2a3. The power transformer is outboard so there is no hum with low impedance cans like there is with the moth s2a3 or si2a3 (though the hum on the s2a3 or si2a3 is soft enough to be covered by the background noise inherent in most recordings). The power supply is upgraded with all polypropylene caps vs. the electrolytic caps in the s2a3 and si2a3. The si2a3/45H uses a different input tube, the 6J5, vs. the 6sl7 in the older versions. There may be other tweaks as well but that is all I know of. As far as I know the output transformers are the same, electra print TM3.

Right now running generic sovtek 2a3's - plan on picking up some emission labs 45 a bit later on when the wallet recovers.

 

[tyrion]

Ryan, that's what I figured. Congrats!

 

[IceClass]

Is Moth Audio still in business?

 

[vcoheda]

sweet looking amp.

 

[krmathis]

Yeah, thats one sweet looking amplifier!

 

[909]

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceClass /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is Moth Audio still in business?

the moth mastermind is now known as eddie current.

 

[fhuang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 909 /img/forum/go_quote.gif the moth mastermind is now known as eddie current.

any story behind it?

 

[909]

of course, but it's a long story.