I’d really like to hear some more impressions of this amp. Anyone else try it out?
I have it - I only use it with IEMs at the moment, but I can help provide some additional impressions if you’re interested. What kind of info are you looking for?
To me, this amp is just a really sweet, revealing yet non analytical and non fatiguing, beautiful sound signature. It’s very detailed, and even more so with certain tubes.
It’s a nice “reference” sound without being boring or analytical. Just very accurate to what you feed it (source and music).
One suggestion I have for those who do purchase this amp (and aren’t too experienced with tubes) - I think you’ll benefit from trying some of the ‘higher-end’ crop of new production tubes with the amp. The Genalex Gold Lion ECC83/B759’s and their EL84/N709’s are pretty good and a definite upgrade from the stock ones, and then there’s the typical original production tube options as well. The stock tubes will do you just fine to start though.
An off the cuff impression on the (awesome) soundstage - for me, it kinda beats all of the solid state headphone amps I’ve tried at CanJam etc. (at least all I can think of).
It seems to do well with any genre I feed it as well.
For IEM users, you probably want to get an ifi iematch (or impedance adapter). Not required but certainly helps.
Let me know if there’s anything in particular you’re curious about. For me, this amp is something I plan to keep for the long term, it’s insanely fun to roll tubes in, and it sits dutifully next to me on my desk.
I need to get a pair of over the ear headphones at some point...would be a treat with this lovely amp.
edit: Let me know if there’s anything specific you want to know that I might have left out.