Firebottle 2

[Floyddroid]

One of the highlights of the recent meet at Scalford was meeting Mr Firebottle himself and taking delivery of my newly built FIREBOTTLE 2 valve phono stage. Ali Tate is totally to blame. If he hadn't brought his two box FIREBOTTLE along to the last NEBO meeting i would have been content enough with my VTL but once i heardAli's the seed was sewn.

I contacted Alan and he built me a FIREBOTTLE 2 tailored to my requirements which wasn't a million miles away from Ali's. I will post my findings in the next few days though early signs are favourable. Watch this space.

FIREBOTTLE 2, Small but perfectly formed.........

[rossman]

Well if the weather in the North East stays like it is at the moment you should have plenty of opportunity for listening over Easter

Looking forward to your thoughts on the Firebottle 2

[Tarzan]

Yes indeed, you have had the Firebottle a day and no report- this is outrageous.

[Floyddroid]

The demon work!!!!! Horrible. I have actually had it since Scalford last Sunday. I managed to get it connected on Thursday evening after work and liked what i heard. I spent some time yesterday listening to it but the ext few days it will get hammered.

Yes indeed, you have had the Firebottle a day and no report- this is outrageous.

[Floyddroid]

And i have no doubt it will Paul.

Well if the weather in the North East stays like it is at the moment you should have plenty of opportunity for listening over Easter

Looking forward to your thoughts on the Firebottle 2

[Firebottle]

Hi Steve,

If you want to see the valves in action the covers are only really for protection, you can leave them off.

Alan

[Jimbo]

Hi Alan,

Looking forward to hearing this myself. Did you find separating the PSU made a considerable difference and if so which areas of the firebottle's performance improved?

[Firebottle]

Hi James,

Separating the PSU didn't make a lot of difference to my ears, but having a quieter electrical environment for the pre circuitry has to be beneficial for the micro-details.
The two enclosures are compact so just from a physical perspective the PSU had to be in another box.

The construction of the pre is different to previous with short signal paths and very few connecting wires in the signal path.
The biggest difference is gained from using quality coupling capacitors, so any anti-foo readers stop now. Mundorf caps are fitted and they do make a big difference.

Alan

PS I did get a large raise in the noise floor when I inadvertently shorted the heater ground to the HT ground. Got me worried until I realised what I had done.

[Mike g]

Alan - are you going to be building more of these? And if so any idea of price...

[Firebottle]

Mike - yes I am, I'm more than pleased with the performance as it matches the fully balanced two box unit that I made for Ali Tait.

The asking price is £750.

Cheers, Alan