What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Great tube amp for the price, works surprisingly well, but does substantially benefit from a decent dac. Classic rock just sounds right on it. The way the guitars pop out is quite fun. Great guitar amp.
Highlights
Quality
It's a great amp rolled out the tubes from factory tubes and this hybrid amp sounds amazing 3d sound warm signature great little amp
Great warm tube sound with the punch that a hybrid setup offers.
Placed speakers on foam yoga blocks with rubber feet added to angle speakers directly at my shoulders, and plugged bass ports.
I tried them on a few different listening setups such as headphones like the dt990 pro which are infamous for being shrill on t... Read More
Price
Bargain price for something this good and easy option to change the tubes for a matched pair of 6j1's if you want to, which i w... Read More
Swap them out with some 5654w's for less than $20 and you can really appreciate what this little machine can do.
Can’t recommend this amp enough for the cost.
I am a tube aficionado to begin with, but i wasn't expecting much from this amp considering it's inexpensive cost.
Shipping
Very friendly staff and prompt action when i contacted them recently.
Company sent new tubes and it only took 3 months.
They gave me the run around and never sent replacement tube.
Competitiveness
Paired them with hd660s, kph 40 and porta pros.
Perhaps some aftermarket tubes would help a little bit, but i think all low-cost hybrid tube/ss amplifiers exhibit this sound c... Read More
I'm not an experienced audiophile yet, but these proven sufficient to drive my dt 770 pro 250 ohm easily, it sounds good to me ... Read More
I also tried this amp with a planar headphone, specifically the hifiman he-5xx which ended up being my preferred headphone thou... Read More
Overview
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- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 163 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 20 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Though it may very well be outdated by offerings from xduoo since this came out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That being said the stock tubes are trash
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre willing to spend more you can get some nos tubes or mullards or whatever you like but the 5654ws are cheap and sound great
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I tried them on a few different listening setups such as headphones like the dt990 pro which are infamous for being shrill on the high end which the tubes didn’t completely neutralize
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I also tried this amp with a planar headphone specifically the hifiman he5xx which ended up being my preferred headphone though i heard planars can be finicky on tube amps
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Can’t recommend this amp enough for the cost
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Decided id try setting up an audiogeek experiment i
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All bought on deal or used prices on amazon
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