Hi William. I've owned this amp for 6 months now. It is very tubey from stock. The 6sn7 psvanes are notorious for burn in need. The UK ones that the amp has will be better after 100 hours. The bass arrives and tightens. The mids are there mostly all the time. At 150 hours they start to sound lacking again, then at 200 to 250 hours, the magic begins. This is way better than the echo. Several levels above. Also try the Beyerdynamic T1.1 or 1.2. UNREAL! Blows my mind, really. The Preamp function is exquisite. It has tubeyfied every poweramp I have put it with. Black background, glorious mids, sparkling hang in the air highs with amazing sound stage. It's the best 1500 I have ever spent. Last thing. Upgrading the tubes makes a huge difference. You can literally change the sound around in an unrecognisable way. So much fun for the tinkering perfectionists amongst us.
@@warfam_clan6933 Going to pair this with the FiiO K9 ESS dac just waiting to get some money back from buying the Atriums which are close to $4k in Aus
I'm working on my full review of the Elise right now. It is absolutely outstanding with the Atrium. I'm not sure if I tried the Elise with the K9 PRO ESS dac? I'll make sure that I do.
@@theheadphoneexperience-wil2250 Really apprecite that! As that'll give me a really good idea if I'll buy the combo I've seen heaps of people pairing the dac from the FiiO K9 ESS with other tubes
@@ThisIsNotJP I tried running the K9 PRO ESS as a dac into the Elise, with the Atrium, and Kennerton Vali (original). They both sound outstanding and both are far better from the Elise, than from the K9 PRO ESS amp. They do sound good from the Fiio amp, but the Elise takes them to another level.
Hi William. I've owned this amp for 6 months now. It is very tubey from stock. The 6sn7 psvanes are notorious for burn in need. The UK ones that the amp has will be better after 100 hours. The bass arrives and tightens. The mids are there mostly all the time. At 150 hours they start to sound lacking again, then at 200 to 250 hours, the magic begins. This is way better than the echo. Several levels above. Also try the Beyerdynamic T1.1 or 1.2. UNREAL! Blows my mind, really. The Preamp function is exquisite. It has tubeyfied every poweramp I have put it with. Black background, glorious mids, sparkling hang in the air highs with amazing sound stage. It's the best 1500 I have ever spent. Last thing. Upgrading the tubes makes a huge difference. You can literally change the sound around in an unrecognisable way. So much fun for the tinkering perfectionists amongst us.
Looking at picking this up for my ZMF Atriums as I'm trying to dabble in the tube world (this will be my first step into tubes)
@@ThisIsNotJP Excellent choice of amp for ZMF. I'm certain it will give you audio nirvana!
@@warfam_clan6933 Going to pair this with the FiiO K9 ESS dac just waiting to get some money back from buying the Atriums which are close to $4k in Aus
I have old first version of Elise its wonderful. Didnt liked stock power tubes I use 6080'
You always get an automatic like from me! I always look forward to the famous water drinking break!
Feliks Audio is great Polish company which makes outstanding equipment.
I'm just here to watch William drink water.
I thought about editing it out, but someone recently told me it was my trademark.
@@theheadphoneexperience-wil2250 I agree, we all should drink more water and less junk like soda's etc.
@@SonOfGodzilla75 My water comes out of a well. No chlorine, or Floride added. One of the advantages of living in the forest. That, and it's free.
@@theheadphoneexperience-wil2250 Υou have no idea, William.... it's almost iconic, keep it, please! Au naturel. 🙂 👍
True hydrohomie!
Nice impressions, please review the Quicksilver OTL tube amp.
They are my main competitors, from my grandparents' motherland. ;)
I haven't compared your amps to the Elise yet. I'm hoping to do so soon. I'm sure it will be interesting.
And if it ever fails it's good to have a contact on the same continent
Did you ever pair this with the FiiO K9 ESS? As this is the combo I'm looking at going for to pair with my ZMF Atriums
I'm working on my full review of the Elise right now. It is absolutely outstanding with the Atrium. I'm not sure if I tried the Elise with the K9 PRO ESS dac? I'll make sure that I do.
@@theheadphoneexperience-wil2250 Really apprecite that!
As that'll give me a really good idea if I'll buy the combo
I've seen heaps of people pairing the dac from the FiiO K9 ESS with other tubes
@@ThisIsNotJP I have already tried the K9 PRO ESS dac with the Waveborn Power Amp Plus tube amp with excellent results.
@@theheadphoneexperience-wil2250 I just watched that review funny enough! Very detailed and opens my mind to what the K9 ESS is actually capable of
@@ThisIsNotJP I tried running the K9 PRO ESS as a dac into the Elise, with the Atrium, and Kennerton Vali (original). They both sound outstanding and both are far better from the Elise, than from the K9 PRO ESS amp. They do sound good from the Fiio amp, but the Elise takes them to another level.
use a good, even entry level, R2R dac and a high impedance headphone, 300Ohm... full stop! don't waste your time.
I'm using 32 ohm Grado's with Topping D70, my Elise is 6 years old, sound is gorgeous. Without music being played its dead silence, perfect.