I'm looking for a balanced SS amp for a second rig and have turned my attention to this line. I've not paid much attention to Rudi's offerings in the past but have been peeking at his website of late. Any users(past or present) of his gear care to give me some thoughts/impressions? Build quality looks good on the surface, but I've been down that road before. It's nice to have the cosmetic appeal, but I'm really concerned about the inner workings and performance. Appreciate any feedback.

Don't know about sound but his customer service, return policies in particular, used to be rather shady. Maybe that's cleared up by now.

Personally, I wouldn't touch a Rudistor on general principle given that Sovkiller is the North American distributor for them, and I have absolute contempt for that asshole.

Personally, I wouldn't touch a Rudistor on general principle given that Sovkiller is the North American distributor for them, and I have absolute contempt for that asshole.

What?? When did he assume that role? I hadn't heard about this one.

He's been Rudistor's distributor for a while now.

Kevin Gilmore has posted some interesting comments on rudidistor amps. And they arn't what I would call good comments.

Biggie.

He's been Rudistor's distributor for a while now.

I don't get to read up on things as much as I did. Really, I get to log in and periodically check the headlines and a few posts. Looks like I'm always on, but the reality is my time actually reading the websites is very small. Guess I'm behind and need to catch up. Really had no idea he was in that position now.

Kevin Gilmore has posted some interesting comments on rudidistor amps. And they arn't what I would call good comments.

Biggie.

Did a search but didn't see anything from KG on this. Likely overlooked the comments. What thread were they in and I'll see if I can find it. Thanks for the tip. Should make for some enlightened reading.

What?? When did he assume that role? I hadn't heard about this one.

I'm told it's been that way for some time now, and I wasn't exactly surprised given how he's been a Rudistor shill for ages.

http://www.head-case.org/index.php/topic,933.0.html

Did a search but didn't see anything from KG on this. Likely overlooked the comments. What thread were they in and I'll see if I can find it. Thanks for the tip. Should make for some enlightened reading.

Head-fi thread in the DIY forum, in the KG's thread about his 6AR8 hybrid amp. From which we learn that Rudistor doesn't understand too much about amp design, and that's putting it a little kindly.

I'm told it's been that way for some time now, and I wasn't exactly surprised given how he's been a Rudistor shill for ages.

http://www.head-case.org/index.php/topic,933.0.html

Good grief...I posted in that thread! How in hades did I forget about it?!?!? Getting old really STINKS.

Head-fi thread in the DIY forum, in the KG's thread about his 6AR8 hybrid amp. From which we learn that Rudistor doesn't understand too much about amp design, and that's putting it a little kindly.

Found it! Since I'm a piss poor DIY'er and have only so-so soldering skills, I don't frequent that board much.....er...at all, so it's clear why I missed it. Yeah, that's it....it's not that I'm approaching AARP age and my original equipment is failing me. I refuse to believe that.

From my experience with them at meets, the Rudi amps generally sound more colored than I'd want (upper-midrange emphasis on the RP010 for instance), and the interior pics really leave me scratching my head sometimes, particularly when it come to how he heatsinks output transistors. Also, his amps seem to be "sell the sizzle, not the steak" sort of efforts. Example: the RP010 has massive heatsinks on either side that would be suitable for cooling a dynahi or dynamite, but on the inside there is only one small transistor on either heatsink, which never puts out enough heat to make the heatsink anything beyond room temperature. So not only do you have to pay for and lug around uselessly giant heatsinks, they give the impression that the amp is much more class-A or powerful than it really is.

As much as I'm not a fan of the somewhat Sennheiser-esque coloration of Headroom amps, I'd MUCH rather have one than one of Rudi's blatantly colored, questionably built, questionably-supported products.

I was always told that Rudistor uses expensive (many times too exorbitant for the purpose) parts, low/mid-fi circuits, and sell amps for absurd prices with mediocre service.

I owned RP5.1 and it was a very good amplifier for HD650. It worked very well with many other headphones also.

There were some quality control issues though. I had some problems with the amp but the customer service was excellent. I shipped the amp back to Italy and got it back in 1,5 weeks fully repaired and some upgrades done also. Rudi also included his interconnect cables (price on Rudistor website was 100EUR back then) to cover my shipping expenses. After the repairs I had no problems with it anymore.

His amps seem slightly overpriced but hey, what doesn't these days.

I don't know much about the construction or components used so no comments about them.

I sold it because I went for a speaker rig but later on came back to headphones.

When a guy from Zurich returned a now discontinued amp, which sounded rather bad (I can see why it's discontinued) Rudi refused give him the refund in cash but gave him Rudistor vouchers instead. Useless obviously because he never wanted to buy another Rudistor amp again. Rudi was also very difficult to deal with as he told me. But since he was a nice guy, he waited for half a year or more, and I think eventually got his money back after a lot more bitching. Never went public on headfi although he should have.

When a guy from Zurich returned a now discontinued amp, which sounded rather bad (I can see why it's discontinued) Rudi refused give him the refund in cash but gave him Rudistor vouchers instead. Useless obviously because he never wanted to buy another Rudistor amp again. Rudi was also very difficult to deal with as he told me. But since he was a nice guy, he waited for half a year or more, and I think eventually got his money back after a lot more bitching. Never went public on headfi although he should have.

Thanks for the info. Looking like a beta22 is in my future.....I think.

Does Rudistor have a normal 30-day return policy?

Thanks for the info. Looking like a beta22 is in my future.....I think.

If I was looking for a SS amp the B22 would be on the top of the list.

Personally, I wouldn't touch a Rudistor on general principle given that Sovkiller is the North American distributor for them, and I have absolute contempt for that asshole.

Word

Stop bumping old motherfucking threads. Motherfucker.

What? Is only 7 years old