Zoidburg
30-04-2012, 08:08
Hi all,
I thought I would post up a quick photo of my new addition, something I bought on a bit of a whim on saturday. Iv always fancied seeing what all the fuss about valves was and so i picked up this Audioromy valve amp
on saturday whilst at a little music / audio fair in Ewell.
I cant say that I know much about the amp other than its chinese in origin, a few years old and puts out about 30 watts in class A apparently. Its in decent condition with the odd minor mark but it sounded very nice in the
limited time I heard it so I handed over the cash and struggled home with it (its certainly no light weight!).
Im not sure what I was expecting in terms of sound quality but once I had disconnected my Roksan Kandy and plumbed the Audioromy into my system I was pretty much impressed from the get go. On a purely visual level all those glowing valves look so cool :):).
Im not great at putting down onto paper the differences that I heard but it seems that the amp has added an extra dimension to the sound. Music has now become more realistic, treble is more delicate and shimmering, the mid range is very pleasant indeed and the bass has a lovely rounded fullsome clout to it. Initial impressions (at sensible volume levels at least) are that it beats the Roksan hands down which I certainly wasnt expecting.
So given that I know nothing really about this amp, does anyone have any experience of it or can offer any insite into it at all? Is there anything I should know about valve amps in general?
I am really looking forward to spending some time "getting to know" this amp now!
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/AudioromyAmp.jpg
ps sorry for the cr*ppy camera phone pix.
I thought I would post up a quick photo of my new addition, something I bought on a bit of a whim on saturday. Iv always fancied seeing what all the fuss about valves was and so i picked up this Audioromy valve amp
on saturday whilst at a little music / audio fair in Ewell.
I cant say that I know much about the amp other than its chinese in origin, a few years old and puts out about 30 watts in class A apparently. Its in decent condition with the odd minor mark but it sounded very nice in the
limited time I heard it so I handed over the cash and struggled home with it (its certainly no light weight!).
Im not sure what I was expecting in terms of sound quality but once I had disconnected my Roksan Kandy and plumbed the Audioromy into my system I was pretty much impressed from the get go. On a purely visual level all those glowing valves look so cool :):).
Im not great at putting down onto paper the differences that I heard but it seems that the amp has added an extra dimension to the sound. Music has now become more realistic, treble is more delicate and shimmering, the mid range is very pleasant indeed and the bass has a lovely rounded fullsome clout to it. Initial impressions (at sensible volume levels at least) are that it beats the Roksan hands down which I certainly wasnt expecting.
So given that I know nothing really about this amp, does anyone have any experience of it or can offer any insite into it at all? Is there anything I should know about valve amps in general?
I am really looking forward to spending some time "getting to know" this amp now!
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/zoidburg1975/AudioromyAmp.jpg
ps sorry for the cr*ppy camera phone pix.