Hello everyone!
I've been thinking on acquiring an OTC tube amp to pair with my zmf Caldera.
At the beginning I started aiming high and go to the Feliks envy. However the high cost plus the tubes prices for rolling turned my down on that idea.
I have a Feliks Echo which is very inexpensive amp, that goes very far with some tube rolling.
I have adquired enough ecc88, 6922, 5670, 6N6P and 12au7 tubes from various brands and qualities. But the echo is an OTL, which will go well with the zmf atrium open I ordered 3 weeks ago (that and tube rolling is part of the cause I am not going for the envy).
So I'd like to put the 12au7 on their full potential in an OTC amp (would also love to try 6SN7 on the same amp). But I don't want to go very high on price.
I was thinking between 1-2k. And if it's available in the eu, better I'm tired of customs. But if the right product is found, I'll give it a go.
A friend of mine has recommended me the
Dragon Inspire IHA-1 Tube Headphone Amp. It's about 2k and it also has a rectifier tube which could also help getting different flavours. However I don't know it and neither he does, he just heard nice thing of it.
Another amp that caught my attention is the deckware SE84UFO
The schiit Valhalla 2 (I've got quite some 6922 from the echo) but I'd like a tubey sound. And I heard this one is clean and crisp.
Actually to listen to the Caldera's I am using my echo with 12au7 as a preamp feeding my SS flux fa-12. The sound is georgous.
But you know. I got hook into tubes...
I also heard the AO and the echo pairs extremely well. So I want to keep the echo for the AO and an OTC for the caldera.
So in short. OTC amp between 1-2k the lower the better but I can adjust. And being able to work with 12au7 and if possible 6SN7.
I tried to read this thread from first page, I really went through, but now my mind is just out, and have no clue anymore. The more you know you realize you know nothing.
So I kindly ask you for some advices
Thanks everyone for reading and have a nice day
My rig: