[Nick Dangerous]

Ron Welborne is considering adding a headphone jack to his new ultrafriggingbadass Ultrapath preamp. We must try to convince him to do this!

Now dispatching Kelly's heat seeking Exocet missile-equipped brain to:

Welborne Labs Forum

 

[Tuberoller]

Oh man,

That is gonna be so awesome.I will get to hear the Ultrapath at CES and really really can't wait.Battery power and 6SN7 tubes,that is the combo.

 

[shivohum]

Quote:

Battery power and 6SN7 tubes,that is the combo.

Have you tried the MicroZOTL?

 

[millerdog]

Freakin Nick!
You are on it!
except now, there are more choices...

md

 

[kelly]

Nick
I've already ordered one.





(just kidding)

The only thing that scares me is his notion that there should be two jacks, one for 300ohm and the other for 600ohm. AFAIK, the best headphone jacks for high ohm headphones (and most headphones, actually) approach 0ohm output impedance. It's not clear to me what he would change between targeting a 300ohm load and 600ohm load.

 

[evilcthul]

Ultrapath looks great exept for the fact that it costs nearly as much as the Big O or more?!

Just a thought...

 

[Tuberoller]

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Originally posted by evilcthul Ultrapath looks great exept for the fact that it costs nearly as much as the Big O or more?! Just a thought...

Ron is a big joker.I saw some posts where he claimed the price would be $14,000.The actual kit price will be around $700 and upgraded kit with premium parts will be $1200.00.I also see that he has decided to go with a different tube and circuit topology.It should still be a great preamp.

 

[mkyy]

Ron Welborne over at Audioasylum, confirms the ultrapath webpage would be up by this weekend with full details, photos, pricing and ordering info.

Did anything regarding the headphone output got confirmed?