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Have you heard darTZeel Amplifiers
I’ve been interested in a darTZeel NHB-108 amplifier since hearing about them a few days ago. Has anyone heard a darTZeel amplifiers and what is your impression? I was intrigued because their NHB-468 has a very high slew rate of 200v/µs, which is the highest I’ve ever seen. The NHB-108 model 2 is rated at 88v/µs. I have always been impressed with amps that have a high slew rate because they sound transparent to me and reproduce transients other amps seem to miss. I have had many amplifiers including a modified Sony TA-8650 which has a high slew rate, that will go in my estate if it lives that long. I like the sound of Bryston amplifiers a lot too. I realize the price is high for darTZeel even used, but I’m looking for something because I would like more clarity in the midrange especially. I don’t want to even consider tubes unless they have an auto-bias feature. Thanks in advance.
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Yes I have heard one of the Chinese versions.A Weiliang with the big blue Sprague power supply caps.There are cheaper versions and other than the speaker protection circuit they appear to be pretty close to the real thing. I can't say how close they sound to the real thing because I have not heard the real thing.Regardless of that however I believe they sound extremely good in their own right.That might be because they sound like the real thing or not.I will say that they are not an idiot proof sort of SS amp like say a Krell .They seem to sound and behave more like a triode valve amp so are more speaker and preamp fussy but have a triode sort of sweetness and refinement.I also suspect they are much better with 8 ohm speakers than 4 ohm.They also vastly improve and sound far more dynamic and vivid with a good active preamp so not something you can use with a passive preamp or digital volume control.They sound really good driving vintage Tannoys which normally do not sound good with SS amps.To me that indicates they are quite different to most SS amps electrically and this would appear to tie in with the measured performance of the real thing which features no global negative feedback, relatively high output impedance/lowish damping factor and relatively high distortion especially into 4 ohm loads for a SS amplifier.So a bit more like a valve amp-or rather half way between a typical valve amp and a SS one. I |
@fiesta75 i currently have the dartzeel nhb108 - model 1. the model 2 is apparently quite an improvement. I have had aesthetix atlas, first watt sit 3, cary audio sli-80 amps in my audio setup. I’d say that with the Dartzeel you get a very organic/natural mid range and a 3D soundstage that tubes give, but the clarity and bass control of solid state. It makes music sound like live music. I love the Dartzeel. If you are going to spend that kind of money even for a used unit, I highly recommend (if you are in the US) to each out to Jonathan Tinn (Chambers Audio/Blue light Audio) - he is the US distributor for Dartzeel. Great guy to deal with. He does get used units time to time, and he will make sure it’s in great working condition (he sent mine back to dartzeel to have it looked over before selling it to me) - in fact i believe he has a used model 2 at this time. Good luck in your search. |
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