tkam Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Well my new SinglePower amp arrived today. It has two gain stages and uses some nice powerful tubes as the output tubes. Here's a bunch of pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xand1x Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Damn..looks powerful Probably sounds that way too..Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Those enable or disable the 2nd gain stage (one knob per tube). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhd812 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 thats the cutest little almost stackable setup I have seen! you need to get a really skinny rack and place the skinny trans/dac and the skinny sp amp on it! I must admit this is the first SP thats really got me looking, I like the layout and the tubes used..different.. is that a different case or a standard sp case turned around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Looks very cool! I don't know the story behind this amp, but it doesn't look like any other models I've seen in pictures. Was this a custom job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanflyz Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Looks very cool! I don't know the story behind this amp, but it doesn't look like any other models I've seen in pictures. Was this a custom job? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sacd lover Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I love it! Unfortunately, this amp gave me another idea = more money. :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 You have enough amps Earl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sacd lover Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 You have enough amps Earl You can never have enough amps ..... Of course you are right so I may have to sell one. \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granodemostasa Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 tell us all about it... i'm all ears... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenW Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Damn...that's a sweet amp and setup. I feel so.....inadequate! Congrats. Mikhail outdid himself!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayt999 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I like those shiny hole cover-uppers in the back of the PSU. very classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhd812 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I love it! Unfortunately, this amp gave me another idea = more money. :'( let me know I will trade you some power cables,,sounds like a joke but I got alot of them not being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Logan Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Think you could take a pic of the back of the amp also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Congrats on the new amp, it looks great! And for the record I love that CD player - color me green with envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD44hi Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Congrats. Impressions! I am sure the name of the track on the wireless receiver reflects your thoughts right now, so we are all ears.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 While I've only had it for a day so far I can tell pretty easily that this is a special amp. It throws one of the largest soundstages I've ever heard (including many balanced amps). The great thing about it though, is that even with the large soundstage there is never any loss of cohesion or false sense of space. I'm also amazed at the dynamics this amp has, it can handle anything from the most delicate of female vocals to the loudest of rock and metal with ease. I think one of the hardest things for an amp to get right is both the leading and trailing edges of a note. Many amps are great at one or the other and a few are very good at both. But this amp is phenomenal at both, I've never heard an amp nail the splash of an initial cymbal hit and the trailing shimmer as well as this amp does. Again it's still quite early, but this amp does bass so well, I've never heard better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Think you could take a pic of the back of the amp also. Here you go: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Congrats on the new amp, it looks great! And for the record I love that CD player - color me green with envy. Haha thanks, the Opus 21 is a fantastic player. In stock form I think it's the best player available under $5k. In it's current modded form (reference level mods from GNSC) it's fair to say it competes with players in the 5 figure price range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanoha Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 What much would something like that awesomeness hurt one's wallet? 3k? 4k? 6k?! 9k?! haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 It cost enough . I've been doing quite a bit of tube rolling today just to try and get a handle on some of these tubes I've never heard before. A few combos have stood out so far: Raytheon 6414 -> Chalmer CV181/ECC32 -> Raytheon 6528 - This combination just might be the perfect combination for the K1000. I've never heard the K1000 sound this good before. GE5965 -> Sylvania 6bx7gt (2nd gain stage disabled) -> Tung-Sol 2399 - If your someone that puts a lot of focus and importance on soundstage then this might be the combo for you. Just a huge soundstage that stays amazingly cohesive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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