14-09-2016, 01:35 PM
Don't be downbeat about it - it'll be a decent headphone amplifier. Personally, I feel that if the valve isn't adding distortion, then so much the better.
Years ago, Musical Fidelity sold the X10-D tube buffer to the hi-fi market. A box that sat between your CD player and amplifier, and buffered the signal using a valve. The audio crowd loved it!
Funny thing is, according to the manual, the THD was less than 0.004%, so whatever was going on, it wasn't "rich 2nd-order harmonics". Most of it will have been placebo effect (the most powerful thing in hi-fi).
Years ago, Musical Fidelity sold the X10-D tube buffer to the hi-fi market. A box that sat between your CD player and amplifier, and buffered the signal using a valve. The audio crowd loved it!
Funny thing is, according to the manual, the THD was less than 0.004%, so whatever was going on, it wasn't "rich 2nd-order harmonics". Most of it will have been placebo effect (the most powerful thing in hi-fi).
