bobeau
Headphoneus Supremus
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Bought a Slam PPX3 w/ 6sn7 upgrade in late 2005. Took a breather from headphone audio/Head-fi for a good 4 years or so. Came back to see there was quite a scandal surrounding the company and it is now defunct.
Back in the day (mid '00s) the Slam seemed to be a dominant amp in its price segment. But then again SinglePower had a pretty big halo effect on the forum where they could do no wrong, so I'm not sure if there was some psychological component going on.
So question - soundwise, how does this amp stack up to current options? Can I do better for a tube amp say under $700?
ps. functionally the amp has run without a hitch, has maybe 1000-1500 hours on it. Transformer doesn't get particular hot. Have only used low impedance cans, not sure if that matters.
Back in the day (mid '00s) the Slam seemed to be a dominant amp in its price segment. But then again SinglePower had a pretty big halo effect on the forum where they could do no wrong, so I'm not sure if there was some psychological component going on.
So question - soundwise, how does this amp stack up to current options? Can I do better for a tube amp say under $700?
ps. functionally the amp has run without a hitch, has maybe 1000-1500 hours on it. Transformer doesn't get particular hot. Have only used low impedance cans, not sure if that matters.