Hey guys! (TIME UPDATED) Live Stream will be on Saturday, April 17th at 1 pm PT (Los Angeles)
Feliks Audio Echo MKII OTL Tube Headphone Amplifier First Impressions Live Stream
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Marcello
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Hello,
For those who find the Elise/Euforia too āneutralā.
Here is a tip: E-6SN7 from Lin Lai for the driver tube. Together with 6080 Sylvania they are a gamechanger, less neutral, more warm, more powerful bass, mids and highs remain at Ps Vane level. And are a little more musical than the Ps Vane. Planar headphones goes more better with the Tubes.
The price may be a deterrent for some, but itās worth it.
Changing the fuse has also made a bit of a difference.
Hifi Tuning Supreme 3 Gold.
Hi Mon just got the Feliks echo 2 and was curious what DAC you would recommend? Would be using senn 600,650,beyerdynamic 1990,T1,880,Focal clear,elex.
Oh nice, well I havenāt heard the 2 yet but I enjoyed a bifrost 2 or ares ii for the most part, moreso the bifrost as long as you wanted to maintain that warner smoother relaxed nature
Ok cool! I do have a bifrost 2 in my main listening room. Iāve been listening to on modius and enjoying it a lot. I finally got the soekris 2541. They came in about the same time so I tried them together but I actually prefer the modius 
I havenāt paired the 280 with 2541 yet but that is my Saturday project but the amp in the 2541 sounds amazing to me. Canāt wait to get everything set up.
Yeah that is not a good match with the Feliks lol, def try the bf2 on there
Just got a secondhand Echo2 hooked up to Gumby and damn. I may like this better than the Mjolnir 2ā¦The shit is Euphoricā¦acoustic guitar pops. Iām running Verite closed and 10 song confirmation direct A/Bing - the Feliks takes the cake. May swap the Gumby for Bifrost 2 - if it can retain 95% this sound and call it a day just sell Gumby and MJ2 - They take up all the spaces on the desk
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Does BF2+ Echo2 retain 95% of Gumby and MJ2?
Also anyone heard both the Echo Mk1 and Mk2? What are the differences? From their pricing I get the impression that Echo 2 is more at the level of Espressivo 2 which is now gone from the lineup, I suppose they have no intention to continue a entry level tube amp like the Echo 1
After more time A/Bing I think Iām just drawn to the tube -ishness. MJ2 is solid and presents really wellā¦to the point were I wasnāt enjoying poor recordings quite as much. I mean this is apples to pinapples - Hybrid MJ2 Vs OTL Echo2.
The potential buyer I had lined up was really eager for the MJ2 and ended up coaxing me into a sale by offering bit above my initial asking. However I sat down with the two (bifrost 2 and gung) and ran them ~ 1.5 hrs today to A/B off Feliks Echo 2ā¦Bifrost 2 is easily at 95%ā¦staggeringly soā¦ Iād argue 97-98.5% of Gmby.
So my home rig now has a few different flavors to mix and match:
Bifrost 2
V
ā Jot 2 (solid state)/ Built in 4490 ā Verite Closed
ā Feliks Echo 2 (OTL) ā Sash Tres
ā Lyr 3 (Hybrid)/ Built-in Multibit ā Focal Clears
Added bonus - I can re-pad my bank account.
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Jason @Schiit did say that even Jot 2 is 95% MJ2. Howās the Lyr 3 vs Echo? Again I know one is hybrid one is OTL, but are they comparable at all?
Not sureā¦Lyr 3 is on its way with 3 or four tubes to test. Have a Liquid Plat in states Iām curious to compare with ( and have plenty of tubes for - thanks MJ2) Pretty stoked with current config. Its impressive how fast Schiit can iterate and match their older top tier gear. The Jot 2 is a beast and sounds great to me. The idea with the Lyr was playing with powerful hybrid for the Sash Tres and if I ever grab some power sucking cans ā¦which is unlikely but you never know.
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certainly looking forward to your impressions
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Also not drawing out all the fucking energy just to heat my apt. That part of the MJ2 and Gumby pissed me off a bitā¦Jot has been running 2 hrs and is warmā¦even Echo 2 doesnāt seem to get as warm as the previous stack of Schiit.
Not positive but I believe the only difference between mk1 and mk2 is the output switcher for the rcaās. I have owned the Feliks echo for awhile now and really enjoy my ZMFās on it.
EDIT as far s I see the espressivo 2
is still available
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From the looks of it, yeah, but I also find it hard to believe that it justifies the increase in price and the elimination of the espressivo line
Only other difference is about 30 more milliwats that I seeā¦ To me it is not needed
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Which site is it? I was mainly looking at Feliksā website
Ah ok, they are a distributor so possibly some remaining stock (especially with the sales price). Espressivo disappeared from Felikās own site in the EU
EDIT: http://feliksaudio.pl/