Hong Kong Lowther Jazz 6L6 SET amp
This little gem of an amp is built to an old circuit design, and uses two 6L6 output tubes run as single ended tetrodes. It is punchy, and very clear and fast, with astonishing bass given the size of it.
www.lowther.com/hk/Jazz 6L6 Amp.htm
It is made for Jazz and it delivers the hop factor in spades: if you want your music to get up and swing then this is the beast. Equally at home with big scale orchestral music it is a genuine giant killer. 8WPC, but as we know valve watts are different, it can shake the windows with my AN-Es. 4 and 8 ohm output taps, and a review on the Lowther hk website claims they even work well with Quad ESL63s.
It came to me from Jake, the Lord Mortlock, (I grabbed a lot of his stuff when he downsized) and with luck he might report here? Jerry also knows and I think likes the presentation of this pocket rocket.
This amp is designed as a tube rollers delight! From their website:
You can safely use any tubes in the 6L6 family, such as 6P3P, 6N3C, 6L6, 6L6G, 6L6GA/B/C, 7581, 5881, 5932, 1612, KT66, EL37, WE350B ... etc.*6F6 also works. 6384 will need an adapter.
The 6SN7 driver tube can be replaced by CV1988, 6N8P, 6H8C, 6SN7M, or 6SN7W, VT231 directly. With an adapter made by us, you can use 12AU7, 12AY7, 12AV7, 12BH7, 5963, 5814, E82CC, ECC82, ECC802S...etc.* Or 6F8G with an adapter made by us.
The 5Z4P rectifier tube can be replaced by the 5Y3 family, U50, U52, U54, 5U4G, CV378, GZ34, 5Z4, 5T4 , VT-117, VT-74 or 5AR4 directly. The rectifier tube also changes the sound significantly.
I concur with the last statement, no doubts about it and easily measurable if that matters to you.
Currently fitted with a TAD GZ34, very decent it is as well. The drivers are Zaerix old stock 6SN7 (6N8P valves rebranded I think) which are reliable but can be sonically bettered with USA or Brimar offerings, and NNOS Brimar 6BG6 with adapters and top caps. Lovely valves, I doubt you'll want to change them, and still affordable new though there's years and years left in this pair. There's plenty of new production offerings to try as well. Just one note of caution: big bottle Chinese CV181 tubes will not fit, not enough space.
Never on the market, no longer available at $500 with plain vanilla Chinese valves, plus shipping plus import duty/VAT, I am asking £450 for this very tidy example, plus shipping or collect tomorrow in Tonbridge, or from W. Londonwhere you can hear its magic for yourself. I don't have original packaging but will pack very well.
Thanks for looking
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