It is also hand made and hand wired, something that is not done very much these days due to the expense. Before my purchase I saw the R300 and considered it but there were no reviews so I went with the R8. More refined, more expansive and just as big sounding with more magic and better imaging with a wider stage. I bought a Wells Audio Innamorata SS amp earlier this year -- by far the greatest SS I have ever had, and by memory I thought it might be more revealing than the Kootenai.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Some will complain that the tubes, caps, resistors, rca and speakers jacks could be better but I’m not sure yet as to if changing them to premium parts will morph the amp into something much better. And with that, I guess I’m confused by the combination of basic (for a dealer) test results, limited inventory, “aggressive” (being polite) pricing, and your glowing (bad pun) recommendation. I hooked up the all tube R300 (it is even tube rectified) to the DCS Lina DAC, the Weiss 501 DAC and a Bluesound Node.The tube SHUGUANG / PSVANE (a priori, they are the same) CV181Z Treasure are intended for those who, like me, appreciate precisely the balance a little warm and silky music reproduction. Linlai E6sl7 is, well, I don't have much to say, it's not bad but nothing stands out for me either, details and everthing is there, but, it's kinf of a boring sound for me.

With an amp like the Hi-Fi Rose RA180 the Cardas are a Godsend, as they warm up that amps forward nature. As I get older I find I am spending even more time listening to music, and I do so to relax, to ease my body and also my mind. My suggestion is to change without waiting the two 6SN7 tubes, I chose Shuguang Black Treasure CV181-Z tubes. I also take him less seriously when I found out he has a channel with millions of subs and he claims he’s speaking to ghosts… type in ‘huff paranormal’.

if it's not becacuse Linton doesn't lack bass I would actually like it, but it’s too much, a bit overwhelming for me and not balanced. Ceramic are also very good but have only tiny values or low voltages for the monolithic multilayer types (like << 50V). Hopefully this will be one of those equipment changes that results in a real improvement, as opposed to one of those that over the course of time proves to be different but not necessarily better. There are also a lot of those previous owner that left a positive feedback right when they got the amp and in less than a year they sold it. Bass thump is there at the slight expense of the organic magic of the 300B tube (which lacks a bit on bass control).