[Paladin79]

The La Scala's are on my bucket list but realistically I would have to trade houses first. Thanks for the photos!

 

[Roy G. Biv]

The La Scala's are on my bucket list but realistically I would have to trade houses first. Thanks for the photos!

If you're going to get a new house just for speakers might as well jump up to the Klipschorns

 

[Paladin79]

If you're going to get a new house just for speakers might as well jump up to the Klipschorns

I know of at least one person who has remodeled his house to accommodate them.
They are still built in Hope Arkansas last I read and their home office is in Indianapolis, I know some folks who were involved there since I work maybe 15 minutes from it.

 

[Balthazar B]

Thanks for all the pics! Audio gear porn is my 2nd favorite kind.

Loved seeing those gorgeous GEC KT-66's in the Quad amp, and been a while since I've seen an 845 tube in full glow. But what really caught my eye was the very last pic. A couple 300B's, a volume control and source selector indicating it's an integrated, AND a headphone jack. Of course coming from Japan, it's quite likely in the "if you have to ask" price range...

If you saw John Darko's just-posted video from the Warsaw Audio show, this has to be one of the most imposing pieces of kit, visually-speaking. Those tubes are about the size of large kittens!

Here's Darko's report:



But other interesting stuff he remarks upon throughout the show.

 

[kostaszag]

Hello Jason, I hope this question has not been asked and answered on the thread one thousand times already: have you ever considered selling the tonearm of the Sol as a separate product? It looks like good value-for-money to me and would look great on my current turntable. I assume that others would like to try it too.

 

[Ableza]

If you saw John Darko's just-posted video from the Warsaw Audio show, this has to be one of the most imposing pieces of kit, visually-speaking. Those tubes are about the size of large kittens!

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Hideous. IMO.

 

[AudioGal]

Hideous. IMO.

I dunno.... RCA 833 (and the Russian & European versions) DH triodes are pretty impressive to look at. 100 watts on the filament, big round pins - two on top, two on the bottom to hold it in place. A pair in class B modulator service could dish out 2.7KW of audio into the RF amplifier of an old school AM radio transmitter. Yeah, I could see building a SE triode amplifier around these. Though it's a level of insanity that I no longer aspire to....

 

[Ableza]

I dunno.... RCA 833 (and the Russian & European versions) DH triodes are pretty impressive to look at. 100 watts on the filament, big round pins - two on top, two on the bottom to hold it in place. A pair in class B modulator service could dish out 2.7KW of audio into the RF amplifier of an old school AM radio transmitter. Yeah, I could see building a SE triode amplifier around these. Though it's a level of insanity that I no longer aspire to....

Yea it's a taste thing. I would not have that amp in my house no matter what it sounded like.

 

[bcowen]

If you saw John Darko's just-posted video from the Warsaw Audio show, this has to be one of the most imposing pieces of kit, visually-speaking. Those tubes are about the size of large kittens!

Here's Darko's report:



But other interesting stuff he remarks upon throughout the show.

Thanks for the link!

But I wish you wouldn't have used kittens as a comparative item. @Paladin79 is now going to be spending his time buying one of those tomorrow, and he really needs to be working on a new rack design for me to copy.

 

[valiant66]

If you saw John Darko's just-posted video from the Warsaw Audio show, this has to be one of the most imposing pieces of kit, visually-speaking. Those tubes are about the size of large kittens!

Here's Darko's report:



But other interesting stuff he remarks upon throughout the show.

Wow. That Mag Lev turntable is crazy!
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[G0rt]

833's do seem slightly excessive for a headphone amp, though, unless you have a really, really big head. Still...

 

[Timster]

But what really caught my eye was the very last pic. A couple 300B's, a volume control and source selector indicating it's an integrated, AND a headphone jack. Of course coming from Japan, it's quite likely in the "if you have to ask" price range...

In the USD $4-5k range (or less if you look). Its the Triode TRV-A300XR

 

[AudioGal]

833's do seem slightly excessive for a headphone amp, though, unless you have a really, really big head. Still...

Agreed! That's why my last DIY tube headphone amp only used 6528s and 6BX7s.

 

[G0rt]

Agreed! That's why my last DIY tube headphone amp only used 6528s and 6BX7s.

Sweet! I've been saving a matched pair of NOS Eimac 250TH for a similar project.

 

[bcowen]

In the USD $4-5k range (or less if you look). Its the Triode TRV-A300XR

Thanks! There's a couple on Ebay in the ~$2600 range with shipping. Unfortunately, this part is a deal killer (for me):

Obviously the US market is not in their game plan, at least at this point. Still a really nice looking amp...