[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Has anyone gotten a FLIR reading say within 5ft? Curious....

Yes:

 

[chronoso]

Silver

Edit: But I’m in for a bit of a wait as I got a Gungnir (also silver) with it, which is 4-6 weeks out. But that’s no problem, I can wait.

In my cart while I clear space on my listening desk to make sure I have room around it that won't melt anything. ...also maybe I need to consider adding a Bifrost to the order. Barely increased the shipping cost too and at that point, that's a deal!

 

[AudioGal]

It's an odd creation.

Agreed. Best part is it's my kind of odd.

 

[hk29]

Really excited for this one as it sounds like this was designed to be tuby. I'm not sure if I can afford one, but it sure would look nice on top of a yggy or maybe next too or maybe on a different rack as the yggy can also get a bit warm when running. Great stuff!!

 

[AudioGal]

Must resist......

You're only gonna live once. Which, if done well, is enough.

 

[cricket]

I just noticed the holes for the tubes are kind of 'dished out' which gives it an interesting look (sorry for the lack of proper terminology)
Very nicely done @Jason Stoddard That is a very, very cool looking amp!

That must be what Jason called the "muffin tin". I saw them and imagined this:

 

[chronoso]

Looks like an internal (PCB) shot was added to the product page:

Well that answers my curiosity on the volume pot and WOW that transformer

 

[chronoso]

115 is the voltage.

They're starting to load up the burn rack.

The glow...the glorious glow..

 

[VolumusMaximus]

"burn rack" is now literal..

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Like this?

Tubes are very hot (pretty much same as Valhalla 2). Chassis not so much.

They look even more ominous in black:

 

[Orange5o]

The Sundara should be fine, but the 83dB efficient HE6SE simply needs more than 1W of power to sound its best at normal listening levels.

But one nice thing about planars is that they usually have a ruler flat impedance. I was going to say "impedance curve" but with planars, there usually is no curve at all, just a straight line, which is actually a really good thing for any tube amp that has a high output impedance, like the Folkvangr.

Sundaras it is! I will close my tabs shopping for closed backs and see what everyone else is doing. Thank you for the assurance!

Edit: and now right on to getting nos ecc88 ha

 

[Barnstormer13]

I will also be curious what people are planning to pair with this. I'm primarily speaker listening, so my headphone setup prior to ordering one (in black!) is Jot 2 and a couple planars (HE6SEV2, Sundara). I suppose the Sundaras at 37 ohms and 94db sensitivity could run with the Multiplier, but it definitely feels like I need to dip my toes into the dynamic realm with this purchase...

I’ll be throwing a couple high impedance ZMFs at it which should work really well. I’ll also try my Focal Clear using the impedance booster. The clear should be interesting- it doesn’t like my Woo- the 15 ohm output impedance makes the bass loose and wooly to my tastes (others like it though).

 

[bdem1]

What would be everone's thoughts about Folkvangr out to a Ragnarok 2 to drive speakers?

 

[ScotchNeat]

What would be everone's thoughts about Folkvangr out to a Ragnarok 2 to drive speakers?

I assume this would bypass the 8 power tubes that drive the headphone out. Assuming that's the case, why would you not just use a Freya+ or Saga+?

 

[sam6550a]

What would be everone's thoughts about Folkvangr out to a Ragnarok 2 to drive speakers?

Sounds like a waste of a good headphone amplifier.