I've mentioned once or twice on this board, and have been known to say it in other places too: The even-order distortion of tubes is pleasing to the ear. While modern solid state amps routinely have THD percentages as low as 0.01%; this tube amp is 1000x higher at 10%. Yet people sing the praises of how warm and natural tube amps sound.
I'd definitely be curious to hear one of these. I can't stand headphones though, so it'd have to be powering speakers.
I found this statement rather intriguing, "...the hardcore eXperimenter might even convert it into a 10 watt push pull class AB monoblock amplifier!" That's interesting, two of them paired with some M22s...
Pioneer PDP-5020FD, Marantz SR6011 Axiom M5HP, VP160HP, QS8 Sony PS4, surround backs -Chris
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