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loosend
22-05-2014, 15:23
What an amp!
The Icon can deliver 2watts per channel feom it's speaker binding posts if u have sensitive speakers it's that powerful!

This truly is a stellar headamp, I've just fitted a matched pair of NOS Amperex EL84's and have only used it for about two hours max since, it also has a Mazda ECC83 which is basically NOS also and has balanced sections.

Will drive anything and has sensitivity selections on the front.


£300 plus delivery
I'll also throw in a pair of Yellow Mullard EL84's, some Sovtek EL84's and a GE 5751

Original box and packaging in awesome condition

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Ignore the bit of blutak on the rear,I had n Allen key stuck there for opening the case to change valves easily
twotone
22-05-2014, 16:23
Looks really nice, I'm on the look out for a headphone amp but not one in this price range, I'm currently using a Rega Brio-R which has no tone controls or heaphone socket, as a matter of interest how do you connect these head amps to an amp Like the Brio, into a linestage?
loosend
22-05-2014, 16:33
Whichever source u choose to use has to have analogue RCA left and right outputs to feed into the headphone amp :)
twotone
22-05-2014, 16:38
Whichever source u choose to use has to have analogue RCA left and right outputs to feed into the headphone amp :)

Thanks, so presumably from the tape output from the amp to the head amp?


Good luck with the sale.
loosend
22-05-2014, 17:39
That would work yes and also a good solution, not having to unplug the CD player each time.
twotone
22-05-2014, 17:42
That would work yes and also a good solution, not having to unplug the CD player each time.

Don't use a CD player:D Vinyl, tuner and cheap Maplins dac for the TV/Bluray player and the occasional CD played through same.