It will take a month or so for Raytheon to be delivered from US to Poland unfortunately..
Would You reccomed black alps or stepped attenuator if You were to choose?
DNA Starlett is sublime. Runs on cheap tubes and a great match for the verite. I seem to recall zmf using the stratus on some shows as well. Only downside is the wait time. If you are deterred by the wait times for DNA and is willing to spend more you can consider the EC Studio B which have a drier tone and a much wider stage.
DNA and ZMF are a winning combo.
@A2029 definitely knows his stuff! There's also an upcoming Blue Halo+ which includes an additional output mode using up to 6x 6080/6bx7 style tubes: https://1101audio.com/BlueHalo+OTL.html This is what I am currently waiting for! I opted for the 41 step Acoustic Dimensions attenuator in my build.Very interesting amp.
"Supercharging" the valve almost certainly means giving it an active load; I do this a lot using a pentode, it makes a great single stage preamp. Here it is evidently done with a transistor, op amp or CCS circuit. They have done well to get the output impedance low enough. Personally I have reservations about the 6080 as it has very low gain, and gain can reduce distortion in an output buffer. So to get the low output impedance without such an output buffer is likely a good thing.
I do very much like that it has no electrolytic caps in the power supply and signal path! But there is one other OTL amp that does this (shown above).
I would not like to comment on the rectifier without hearing it, but I know that solid state can have its virtues if well engineered, and they seem to have done a very good job here of damping out the issues with solid state rectifiers. They know what they are doing.
Looks like a very fine amp to me (and I don't say that very often). Only let down by the Alps blue pot which, in spite of the name, is not good. Anyone getting this amp should definitely go for the stepped attenuator, and owners might consider getting this change done by the manufacturer, it is well worth it.
This seems to be similar to GlennOTL. I'd love to hear impressions.
Alps black are good (I used one many years ago), but out of production. The stepped attenuators from the far east, on ebay, with Dale resistors, are good sounding, better than Alps black if my memory is good, and I definitely recommend these over even the Alps black.
This profile is very nuanced, designed to tweak the frequency response ever-so-slightly without totally straying from the house sound.
Nice and congrats. You may find that the soundstage in the VO will open a bit more after you logged some hours on them.OK, in Club Verite as of today! The mail man just dropped my pair of Camphor Burl VO's!!
Just warmed up the Bottlehead Crack Speedy and listening to some prog rock with the suede universe pads. I've also got suede Be2 and lambskin Verite pads to test drive at some point. Quick A/B with my Teak Auteur tells me the VO has more of everything. The bass slam is impressive, although on-line reviewers state they were hoping for more slam. I think these headphones are quite extended in the lows and kick drums provide a good deal of slam. Compared to my Auteur there is WAAAAAAY more low end, in a good way. Soundstage seems larger, but nowhere near HD800 large. Pretty nice so far, so I'll be taking a good amount of time, likely weeks or more, to get the full impression. So far, I'd say they have some kickassitude!
Good to know. Do you mean my ears will adapt over time or are you referring to burn-in? I ask because these are about a year old and I’m assuming the previous owner logged some hours, but maybe not.
Congrats on your purchase. These sounds great with prog rock and have great low end presence. Sound vary noticeably depending on the pads so do experiment.
