Dared Valve amp Free Home Trial

[daytona600]

Ever wanted to try a Valve Amp in your own system in your home
or in your 2nd system , bedroom , office or desktop

6Moons " But the VP-16 is definitely a small wonder in its own right "
review www.6moons.com/audioreviews/dared2/vp16.html

Dared VP-16 16wpc Integrated Amp
2 x 6SL7 , 4 x 6V6 PP Push Pull
320mm wide , 240mm deep , 150mm high
10kilos
Hand built with audiophile components
BNIB brand new & Boxed 230v/50hz CE & ROHS

400Euros list price
Special price £ 249
in uk stock for home loan or Demo no problem - glasgow
VP-16 to Flagship T9 Pre & T300PP 160wpc Monoblocks on Demo

EF-99 £ 249 Valve Headphone/pre/Usb Dac
DV-6C £ 249 Valve Hybrid 6x65wpc 5.1 Integrated Amplifier
MP-2A3C £ 449 Valve SET 9Wpc Integrated
VP-300B £ 449 Valve SET 9wpc Monoblocks
T9 £ 2995 Valve Flagship Pre Amp
T300PP £ 4995 Valve Flagship 16 x 300b 160wpc PP Monoblocks

www.snaudio.co.uk
www.daredtube.com

[jandl100]

Wow - what a great looking amp. 10Kg - so no lightweight - £249. :scratch: how can they do it for that price?
230v Euro voltage, too.

[Marco]

Wow - what a great looking amp. 10Kg - so no lightweight...

Que?? My Copper amp weighs 45kg - it's heavier than Del!!

Marco.

[stupinder]

Currently having a play with the EF-99 headphone amp.:)

[chelsea]

Looks cheap.
One of those amps may do for my ANs.

[jandl100]

Que?? My Copper amp weighs 45kg - it's heavier than Del!!

Marco.

Well, yes, OK - my old MF F18 amp weighed in at 53Kg - so my amp was heavier than your amp. :upyours: :D

I hasten to add that I have neither seen "in the flesh" nor heard any Dared component, but the item looks good in the pics and received a good review on 6 Moons.

Has anyone taken up the offer of a trial?

[daytona600]

re weight the T300PP monoblocks weigh 90kilos a pair 2 man lift
re pricing dared produce in very big volumes , Oem for lots of other companies
for the last 20years one of the biggest valve suppliers globally
T9 pre & T300PP attached ( one of them ) 16x300b 160wpc
choice of output valve SET with 2a3c or 16 x KT88 for 250wpc

www.snaudio.co.uk
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[synsei]

I might be tempted if I had 250 quid to spare, although having heard a quality pair of valve mono's in my system which were only slightly better sounding than my Mini-T it would have to be damned good ;)

[daytona600]

7140 MP-2a3c

7141 VP-300b

7142 DV-6C

7143 T300

7144 I-30

[YNWaN]

T300 looks cool

[jandl100]

Some of that kit looks familar - does Fatman rebadge some of the Dared kit?

[Marco]

Well, yes, OK - my old MF F18 amp weighed in at 53Kg - so my amp was heavier than your amp. :upyours: :D


Lol... Aye, but that was solid-state, and so a different ball game! ;)

Marco.

[Mike]

Hmmm... I think I could make good use of the T-88, or maybe the T-300PP. :eyebrows:

[daytona600]

Hmmm... I think I could make good use of the T-88, or maybe the T-300PP. :eyebrows:

demo on T300PP no problem mike I,m near glasgow bring some tunes with you use them myself , also have 6c33c OTL amps as well
can demo with usher Be10s or Full range single driver horns

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[daytona600]

Some of that kit looks familar - does Fatman rebadge some of the Dared kit?

Dared Oem for the last 20years for lots of other companies
on Hifi & guitar amps one of the biggest valve amp supplier in the world

2012 range www.enjoythemusic.com/cas_2012/page2.htm

[jostber]

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Does these work 3 together?

[daytona600]

No picture just shows different valve options on the T300 monoblocks
80-250wpc SET or PP with 2a3c 300b & kt88 valves

[daytona600]

Dared also have a small range of award winning Hybrid amps if anyone wants to try them

DV-6C £ 249 5.1 AV integrated 6x35wpc 8ohms 6x65wpx 4ohms with credit card remote control
3 x 6N2 drivers with 6 channels of Class D amps
Also excellent with multichannel 5.1 surround Sacds & DVD-A
Fit Y adaptors for easy Bi-ampimg or Tri-amping speakers

TA-99 £ 249 2x50wpc Integrated to match EF-99 for a superb micro system
also matching FM/Dab radio
1 x 6E2 1 x 12AX7 1 x 6N1 with Class D output

6moons bluemoon award winner

www.6moons.com/audioreviews/dared4/dared.html
www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0809/dared_dv_6c.htm
www.6moons.com/archivelibrary/bma2010.html

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Can Demo the DV-6C 5.1 amp in a AV System
JVC RS35 THX Projector with 120inch screen with Marantz UD9004 for multichannel Bluray , Sacd & Dvd-a
with 5.0 Full range horns Rethmn maarga or 5.0 Usher Be10 or 5.1 Tannoy AMS8 Active monitors with M&K sub

[DSJR]

That little amp is obviously a loss-leader, but £249 for a little valve amp, NEW and hopefully ok with UK mains is an absolute steal. Grab one now while it's at this price FFS. I have a portch to repair/replace and just can't spare the funds, but for that price......... :)

[Ali Tait]

Scott, any info on the 6c33c amp?

[daytona600]

Hi Ali 6c33c amp 2box integrated very unique design 16wpc SET OTL
rethm gaanam , also have matching speakers trisna & maarga as well
full range single drivers with active isobaric bass these are 97 & 100dB only need 2watts to drive them

6c33c valves are very robust , used on Mig fighters and 100,000s of them around
they need to be or russia/china would have no radar also very cheap to replace £80 pair

www.rethm.com ali welcome to pop over anytime for a listen

some reviews
www.stereophile.com/content/rethm-gaanam
www.enjoythemusic.com/salon_son_image_2012/part1

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[Ali Tait]

Is it a dared amp?

[Mr Kipling]

Hi Ali 6c33c amp 2box integrated very unique design 16wpc SET OTL
rethm gaanam , also have matching speakers trisna & maarga as well
full range single drivers with active isobaric bass these are 97 & 100dB only need 2watts to drive them

6c33c valves are very robust , used on Mig fighters and 100,000s of them around
they need to be or russia/china would have no radar also very cheap to replace £80 pair

www.rethm.com ali welcome to pop over anytime for a listen

some reviews
www.stereophile.com/content/rethm-gaanam
www.enjoythemusic.com/salon_son_image_2012/part1

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Used in the MIG F25. The MIG F15 used the GU29. The Americans thought it was a joke using such old technology until it was pointed out that in the event of a thermo-nuclear attack the resulting EMP (Electo Magnetic Pulse) would wipe-out the semi-conductor electronics in an aircraft. On the other hand, valves would be immune to it.

[realysm42]

The question of being able to survive nuclear disaster rates highly among my hi-fi priorities :eyebrows:

[Mr Kipling]

The question of being able to survive nuclear disaster rates highly among my hi-fi priorities :eyebrows:

And so it should.

Love the look of the 6C33C and have an Audioromy which uses the FU29 which is the Chinese version of the GU29.

[maz]

Hi Scott,

what speakers would be a good match for the VP-16 on a budget?

I seen the klipsch rb-61 mentioned before. What do you think?

[daytona600]

something effcient would be ideal tannoy , klipsch etc new or 2nd hand or new Qacoustics 2020i about £130 are a nice little bookshelf speakers My niece & nephew both use them with these amps Or can send you one to try maz or pop over for a demo any time very near you

[stupinder]

Had one of Scott's DARED EF-99 headphone amps to review (http://hifipig.com/dared-ef-99-headphone-amplifer-and-usb-dac/) for the last few weeks.
Thought it was a great little performer for the dosh and could quite happily live with it long term. Be interesting to see what a bit of tube rolling would achieve with it!

[oscarsaudio]

Scott kindly sent me one of the little headphone amps out to try ,must say for the money (£250) you can't go far wrong .The only thing I will say is to make sure you give it a good few hours burn in as over the days of using it it just got better especially in the bass which at first was a little loose .
the power supply on its own would probably cost £250 from some companies so considering this is a usb DAC & valve headphone amp I can see Scott doing well with these.

Oscar