![]() ![]() I feel they synergize well with the capabilities and natural character of the amplifier, and I would urge prospective buyers of the Forge to hear these before they go searching for NOS glass - you may not need it. The Forge is the first amp where I’ve truly enjoyed the sound of new production tubes. I’m more of a NOS tube guy, and one of the first things I start doing when purchasing an amp like the Forge is determine how quickly I can get some synergistic vintage tubes into those sockets and relegate the stock ones as backups. I must confess, I was hesitant to write a review about Forge using new production tubes. It is able to run a very wide range of power tubes to fit your power needs, including the well known KT88 powerhouse. This demo Forge was accompanied by a full set of JJ tubes - JJ 6SL7 input, JJ E元4 power, and JJ 6L6GC power tubes. That means the same Jupiter caps, the same build internally, etc. I did confirm with Taron that the loaner unit’s components, aside from the output impedance difference, are the same as production model Forge units. The stock configurations available on production models should be 8/100ohm and 32/300ohm outputs. This Forge unit came with 32 ohm and 100 ohm headphone output taps, the Low Z and High Z TRS jacks respectively. While I’ve heard many more amps than the ones mentioned, I think this paints the picture well enough. Then there are iconic amplifiers like the Donald North Audio Stratus - exceptionally well performing in nearly every way. Others, like the ZMF Pendant and Glenn OTL, were excellent all-rounders that justify their price tags with above average technical capabilities and/or extreme flexibility. Some other amplifiers in this price category, like the Felix Elise, did not wow me at all. Both do the technical aspects of music reproduction extremely well. I enjoyed the ZDS’ more flavorful presentation compared to that of it’s big brother, the Aficionado. That is an amplifier I greatly regret selling. Amps generally on the same level would be one of my favorite amps, the Eddie Current ZDS. This is basically the entry segment of the really high end tube amp world. I have heard quite a few tube amplifiers in this price category, and I believe it’s a difficult niche to compete in. ZMF Verite Closed, Aeolus, and Auteur, Focal Radiance, HD650, Meze Empyrean Misc Stuff: PC w/ Roon > Schiit Yggdrasil A2 / Unison USB > AQ Golden Gate RCA > Forge > Headphones Comparison Headphones: PC w/ Roon > Schiit Yggdrasil A2 / Unison USB > AudioQuest Cinnamon XLR cables > Schiit Freya S > AQ Golden Gate RCA > Forge & Second Amp > Headphones Evaluation setup: Measured noise floor between 24 and 29 dB spl.īoth amps level matched to 70 dB spl. It’s a long one! Sorry for that, but I hope you enjoy it. The female gives birth to a single young one in autumn.Here’s my review for the Forge amp. On the French and Scandinavian coasts small herds have sometimes ran ashore. Brown regards it as rare in the Greenland Seas, three or four, however, being occasionally seen at the mouth of Davis Strait. It inhabits the breadth of the North Atlantic, and accord- ing to Eschricht veiy probably spends the summer fai- north in the Polar Sea, and migrates southwai-ds towards autumn or winter. The Bottlehead, or Common Beaked Whale,* is a constant visitor to the coasts of Britain, many in.stances having been recoi-ded of its capture, and one classical example came under the scalpel of the celebrated anatomist John Hunter. Professor Flower has described its skeleton, and affirms that it is truly ziphioid in character, but on the whole approaches nearer to the tiiie Dolphins: whereas the Bottlehead is modified in the direction of the Sperm Whales. In its stomach were fonncl half a bushel of the homy beaks of a species of Octopus. Publisher: London Cassell & Company, LimitedĬlick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Ģ.52 NATURAL HISTORY. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). ![]()
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