[Kpt_Krunch]

I wasn't able to get there this past weekend guys. My buddy called, his wife had to have an emergency C-section for twins and he needed me to look after his daughter.

I should be able to make it this weekend though. I can bring my LD MKIV SE to do some direct comparing with the TNS, though I'm not anywhere close to be as experienced in all this as Skylab, so no matter what I say, it's based on listening to very very few (i.e. ONE) amp in comparison. But, at least it's a start.

Hopefully Skylab will have his amp by the end of the week so he'll have a chance to give it a good workout as well.

 

[dandi]

Great thread I have been eying the TNS Sweets. Skylab I would be curious to have your opinion ( and others who may have owned both) on SQ between the Sweet and the Lunchbox II as far as you can remember. I have the LB II connected to the hotaudio USB DAC and it sounds pretty wonderful. I wonder if the Sweet would be an upgrade consideration?

 

[Skylab]

My Sweet will be here Monday

 

[analogbox]

Well, I don't have really have crazy hopes for it but I'm still curious to find out how it'll fair with similarly priced competitions such as Little Dot, Dark Voice, Glow Amp or even Woo Audio(2X$).

 

[batmanwcm]

Finally. I've been waiting for your impressions of this amp.

 

[Skylab]

It's here! Right now it's making VERY nice music as a speaker amp driving my B&W DM601's on my office desk.

At the moment, however, there is too much hum for my tastes for headphone listening (you have to stick your head right by the speaker to hear it via speakers, but of course headphones are by definition right by your ear). I am hoping that this is just a tube-burn in issue. I am using all Sylvania NOS tubes - EL84's, 2C51's, and 6X4's (I had mine modded to use the 6X4 rectifier tube, which the seller did at no charge).

Two things I noticed right away about the looks:

1. It's smaller than I thought!

2. It really is pretty!

 

[T9R]

Sweet pics! (ignore the pun)

Looking forward to more impressions, does the remote work well? I hope that hum goes away too.

 

[Skylab]

Actually at the moment the remote doesn't seem to work - wondering if it's some kind of operator error. I have emailed the seller on that too...

 

[Loftprojection]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif Actually at the moment the remote doesn't seem to work - wondering if it's some kind of operator error. I have emailed the seller on that too...

Darn, the remote is definitely a selling point for me. I have the Jasmine T200, although I like it a lot, not having a remote for speaker listening is a real pain.

Also, which cans are you using with this amp? This hum problem is very important for me, if you are using inefficient Senns and they hum it would be terrible with my W5000!!!

Hey thanks for your feedback on this amp, it is a very nice little beauty, I hope it sounds as good as it looks.

 

[scompton]

I curious about how a remote is useful for a headphone amp? You're tethered to it by the HP cable. At most, it's just out of reach unless your using extension cables. Or are you so relaxed in a comfy chair that moving breaks the mood?

 

[kamal007]

hey skylab, did you use the dac section of the amp or it was used strictly as an amp?

 

[Skylab]

Quote:

Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif I curious about how a remote is useful for a headphone amp? You're tethered to it by the HP cable. At most, it's just out of reach unless your using extension cables. Or are you so relaxed in a comfy chair that moving breaks the mood?

Actually the issue is the remote is the ONLY way to switch inputs. The seller has suggested I try a new battery, but it's a special watch battery, so I have to go to the HW store...

Quote:

Originally Posted by kamal007 /img/forum/go_quote.gif hey skylab, did you use the dac section of the amp or it was used strictly as an amp?

I have not tried it yet, but I will...

 

[Skylab]

UPDATE: Good news, the remote issue was just a dead battery. The remote works perfectly. Nice machined metal remote, too!

 

[psc001]

How does that sound..? I'm debating btw this amp and Octavart?

 

[Skylab]

It's really too soon to talk too much about it's sound. So far I have just been breaking it in with music while playing through speakers. It certainly sounds reasonably good. But it will be a few days before I can really offer much in the way of it's sound...