[UntilThen]

For the price of that one tube, add a couple euros and you get four here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Tested...998922&hash=item2a78dd4b12:g:DUoAAOxyLm9TFigC

Can't get any cheaper than that.

Or a bit more for 807 brown base https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4x-G807...a=0&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

Or the mighty rare Foton 6PS7
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4x-RARE...a=0&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

 

[UntilThen]

Beautiful glow from the 6BG6g. These appears to be similar to 807 and 6L6. https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42725&view=next

 

[UntilThen]

OMG my GOTL maybe gone sooner than I expected. It's on the 'for sale' thread and I have a super keen buyer.

 

[Khronos]

I am a mere beginner in my journey throughout the realms of Audiophilia. As of right now, this amp is #1 amidst all my choices of my soon-to-begin journey into the deeper realms of this money-sucking Hobby (even with the nearby €450 price increases). Though, after reading your review, I have some questions.

As of right now, I have (or had) three choices to top my list directly into Endgame:

The recently-launched Heddphone (which is, as of right now in Limbo since I am a lover of Enveloping Sound, where the Heddphone seems to be- Not quite enveloping)

The Hifiman Arya (as of right now, my top choice. Especially since I can get it Open-Box for cheap)

And thanks to your review: The Verum One (which I had indeed considered before, though put aside thanks to other choices).

How would you say the Verum compare to your ZMFs and Ananda?

Are they competitive against a well-driven Auteur/Verite?

Can they defeat the Ananda off the Oblivion?

I thank you very much for any commentary on this. Have a good day/evening.

 

[UntilThen]

That's a question for Phantam. He's the one who talks about the Verum One.

You can't go wrong with Oblivion as your number 1 choice for amp. With this amp, you can start collecting more money sucking headphones. I've got one in mind later this year. It's the LCD-4.

 

[Khronos]

That's a question for Phantam. He's the one who talks about the Verum One.

You can't go wrong with Oblivion as your number 1 choice for amp. With this amp, you can start collecting more money sucking headphones. I've got one in mind later this year. It's the LCD-4.

Press F to pay respects for my wallet.

And I could have sworn I quoted his post.

Oh well, I guess I will have to rewrite.

 

[UntilThen]

Press F to pay respects for my wallet.

And I could have sworn I quoted his post.

Oh well, I guess I will have to rewrite.

Although if I'm smart, I should have ask you to buy my GOTL in the 'For sale' but because I'm an honest John, I have to tell you that I much prefer the Oblivion to the GOTL.

What a silly seller I am.

 

[Khronos]

Although if I'm smart, I should have ask you to buy my GOTL in the 'For sale' but because I'm an honest John, I have to tell you that I much prefer the Oblivion to the GOTL.

What a silly seller I am.

As much fun as that amp seems to be, and as gorgeous as it is, I need an amp that can drive speakers. Plus, the Step-Up transformer would be quite the cost upon the amp-plus-shipping hit.
In any case, I truly hope your baby finds a new home!

 

[UntilThen]

As much fun as that amp seems to be, and as gorgeous as it is, I need an amp that can drive speakers. Plus, the Step-Up transformer would be quite the cost upon the amp-plus-shipping hit.
In any case, I truly hope your baby finds a new home!

It's found a new home now. Payment will be coming to me in the next minute.

 

[SonicTrance]

To drive my Axis Voicebox S with more power. I can get it going now but with volume hovering between 12 noon and 3 pm.

https://axisvoicebox.com/

Output power and how much you need to turn the volume knob is not the same thing. Output power is the amount of headroom you have for clean, unclipped, audio signal. If you want to turn the volume knob less, for same amount of volume, it's more gain you want. More gain is easy to get by designing around different tubes. Citadel already has more gain than Oblivion though. More gain also affects the headphone output though. So there needs to be a nice balance there. Personally, I don't mind using most of the potentiometers range.

 

[SonicTrance]

Beautiful glow from the 6BG6g.

Highly overexposed pic, unfortunately. They're nice big bulbs but as far as glow.. not so much
I like how that chassis is welded together! That's some hard core DIY right there!

 

[baronbeehive]

I am a mere beginner in my journey throughout the realms of Audiophilia. As of right now, this amp is #1 amidst all my choices of my soon-to-begin journey into the deeper realms of this money-sucking Hobby (even with the nearby €450 price increases).

You are in a very fortunate position then, you could skip all the painful..., to the wallet..., interim stages, and go straight to "finish" with this amp, especially if your sound preferences are of the more transparent, and open kind.

 

[baronbeehive]

I like how that chassis is welded together!

So, you're starting to notice these things now that you are a builder lol! I must admit such details pass me by.

 

[UntilThen]

Output power and how much you need to turn the volume knob is not the same thing. Output power is the amount of headroom you have for clean, unclipped, audio signal. If you want to turn the volume knob less, for same amount of volume, it's more gain you want. More gain is easy to get by designing around different tubes. Citadel already has more gain than Oblivion though. More gain also affects the headphone output though. So there needs to be a nice balance there. Personally, I don't mind using most of the potentiometers range.

It’s the same with Studio Six. Just 1 watt output but the overbuild output transformer is good for 20 watts.

I too find I have to crank up the volume on Studio Six a lot more but on both amps, with headphones, 10 o’clock is loud.

I’m keeping Oblivion and Studio Six, the latter is where the bass stands out. Good contrast between the 2 amps.

 

[UntilThen]

The new setup.