Ad Details
Price
AUD $1,249RRP/MSRP
AUD $2,100Product Type
Headphone AmplifierBrand
McChansonModel Number
MiniGold UltimatECondition
As New / MintPayment Method
Paypal, Direct Debit, CashRegion/State
(VIC) Victoria/AustraliaSuburb or Town
Jan JucOriginal Receipt Available
YesShipping & Pickup Options
Shipping: AvailablePickup: Available
Auditioning
YesReason for Selling
Need $$$ for a speaker power ampFurther Information
Big price drop - I'm in trouble with the wife. I bought the Advance Paris before selling.
My loss is honestly, your gain! Look at what the whole package is worth - absolute bargain, trust me!
Make me a decent offer.
Up for consideration is this amazing 3w SET hybrid tube headphone amplifier and pre-amplifier from McChanson (Eric) in Sydney, who makes the most wonderful bespoke valve amps, and has done for decades. He is a genuinely lovely man who cares deeply for his passion and and gives customer service a new name!!!!!!!
Honest regrettable sale as I need the money for an Advance Paris Power amp for my speakers.
This comes with many different tubes to roll!!
This veritable beast is 8.2kgs!!
It is less than 1 year old and in "as new" condition.
I have proof of purchase if required.
This is a high quality two-stage of the Wonder tube 6Y6G/GT OR other pin compatible tubes, in triode mode driven by a 6SL7 ( workable with 6SN7 or 12AU7, 12AT7, 12AX7 with adapter) , output through an output transformer (own designed quality 30VA Z11 core ) outputs about 3W capable of driving most headphones including those Power Hungry ones.
From Eric regarding my amp:
Hi Andrew,
Your MiniGold UltimatE has a switch in the middle of top plate marked + and -, This is to use for increase or lower the bias voltage ( i.e current ), which is new to the current version of UltimatE, You are the first one ( other than my MiniSilver ) that has this "wonderful" switch.
When you find the power in the current setting having a bias a bit too low ( i.e. best bias range is 40 to 60 mV), say 30mV, if the switch is NOT already in + position, then switch it to + position. to allow the bias to increase a bit..
Similarly when the power tube the bias reading is too high, and if the switch is not already in - position, switch it to - to lower the current...
Allowable max is about 65 mV though, provided that the power transformer is not too hot, i.e. untouchable.
When you increase the bias, you always should see it it is not over the allowed plate dissipation of the power tube. Most small power tubes are of about 10W, as a rule of thumb, let the ceiling be about 60mV, conservatively....
This was handmade specifically for me. It has a gold face plate (normally silver or black) and 1 gold encased transformer. It has an upgraded Alps mini Volume Pot, blue led power light and as mentioned, and an extremely handy bias switch to allow a wider variety of tubes to roll. It comes with well over $500 of extra tubes and adapters (see photos), mostly NOS. This amp has many different sounds and flavours, depending on the tube configuration in each stage.
It honestly is a fantastic sounding valve amplifier with a massive bank of clean power to drive just about any headphone on the planet. A fellow audiophile equated it sonically to the Bottlehead Single Ended eXperiment (SEX) tube amp. Crystal clear but bags of tubey goodness with a liquid midrange.
One extra bonus is my friend in the USA who is an expert on tubes who will happily receive communication on any questions regarding this amp's current suite of tubes or potential new wonderful tubes to roll - he is a tube-savant so I asked his permission to give advice to the new owner.
Welcome to inspect if near west of Melbourne, you will not be disappointed!
PM me for any more details or questions you may have.
Note - one of the photos has detailed notes on the amp.
If I wasn't spending money on speaker amps, this would be staying with me forever.
See link for current iteration. This puts my value proposition even better for the potential buyer given all the tubes and adapters it comes with for rolling.
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