Hopefully mine comes early as well. I am going to be running a Klipsch HP-3 set through them....I tried many of the above mentioned but always come back to these...hope the tubes make them sing. Running them now through the Rag 2, so if anyone is interested, I can give my impressions on them both. Not as well as others but in layman's terms.
Schiit Folkvangr - Impressions Thread
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Hopefully mine comes early as well. I will be running Klipsch HP-3's through this beast...I have tried many of the above mentioned but always come back to these....Currently going balanced through the Rag 2. Just diving right in to tubes...hope Folk will make them sing
Wowww What!!?? What do you live across the street from Schiit? I am jealous. Congrats!Not a glamor shot, but this just arrived on my doorstep. Hopefully I'll have some time later today to unbox and try it out.
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Getting impatient, had to at least open the box!
I suppose you aim to misbehave.
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Awesome. I had to speed run cutting, staining and sealing the live edge pine shelf i had in mind for mine, didn't think it would be en route so fast!
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I have to move it over to my regular listening area, but my Folkvangr is alive and well. I've played some Carmen McRae (temporarily hooked up the line out from my Ibasso DAP). I can confirm the amp does handle the DCA Stealth, but likely you will want to enable the impedance multiplier, depending on how hot a signal you feed in, and on the specific track. Some songs are fine without it, others you may want a bit more headroom.
And yes, it does sound quite tubey and on the lush side, but with the sense of air and clarity that I hoped for.
And yes, it does sound quite tubey and on the lush side, but with the sense of air and clarity that I hoped for.
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For anyone with excessive audiophile nervosa: Yes, it runs hot, but is no hotter than other tube amps I own.
Bonus: the power switch is on the back (I kid, I kid, but someone will complain anyway).
Bonus: the power switch is on the back (I kid, I kid, but someone will complain anyway).
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Damn that's pretty! Your top angle shots really bring out that curved two tone aesthetic that just doesn't jump out to me from the front view. Wish I could get this but recently got an expensive tube amp and can't afford this sadly.I have to move it over to my regular listening area, but my Folkvangr is alive and well. I've played some Carmen McRae (temporarily hooked up the line out from my Ibasso DAP). I can confirm the amp does handle the DCA Stealth, but likely you will want to enable the impedance multiplier, depending on how hot a signal you feed in, and on the specific track. Some songs are fine without it, others you may want a bit more headroom.
And yes, it does sound quite tubey and on the lush side, but with the sense of air and clarity that I hoped for.
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You definitely have more fiscal sense than I: I have also recently made a few other more expensive purchases, but I bought this anyway! Just couldn't pass up this opportunity.
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I was going to buy an Auris HA-2SF literally today, then I heard about the Folkvangr (on the way to the store) and arrived to tell my audio distributor that the Auris would have to wait (I think they weren't too pleased about that. Felt a bit bad about it, but what is one to do?)
Once upon a time, I bought the only amp I've had so far, the venerable Bryston BHA-1. Super clean, transparent, powerful. Then I got a Lyr 3 for my gaming rig and I was surprised I couldn't tell the difference (the BHA-1 is a ~2k amp) so I decided to jump into the tube world but, being cautious, I picked the Auris because its profile sits kind of in between, and "full" tube amps were north of 5K.
I wanted something more exciting than just 'transparent'.
After seeing the Folkvangr, I thought "This is too crazy not to give it a try" so I ordered mine (on the way back from the store) and I plan to drive my HE1000se's and Klipsch HP-3 with it. If you want the honest review of someone who has never ever heard how a tube amp sounds like, stay tuned. So far I'm thinking it's going to be like that time I got a pair of Fostex TH900's and everything just sounded more exciting through them, even though I could definitely tell they were tinting the sound.
I'm also hoping this tube rolling thing is not too much of a slippery slope...
Once upon a time, I bought the only amp I've had so far, the venerable Bryston BHA-1. Super clean, transparent, powerful. Then I got a Lyr 3 for my gaming rig and I was surprised I couldn't tell the difference (the BHA-1 is a ~2k amp) so I decided to jump into the tube world but, being cautious, I picked the Auris because its profile sits kind of in between, and "full" tube amps were north of 5K.
I wanted something more exciting than just 'transparent'.
After seeing the Folkvangr, I thought "This is too crazy not to give it a try" so I ordered mine (on the way back from the store) and I plan to drive my HE1000se's and Klipsch HP-3 with it. If you want the honest review of someone who has never ever heard how a tube amp sounds like, stay tuned. So far I'm thinking it's going to be like that time I got a pair of Fostex TH900's and everything just sounded more exciting through them, even though I could definitely tell they were tinting the sound.
I'm also hoping this tube rolling thing is not too much of a slippery slope...
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