Rock'nGlass amp



Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Zigis » 9. jul 2014, 01:02

I think many of you reed Ketil's thread about my tube hybrid headphone amp Rock'n Glass
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3728

Now I want to introduce more forum members with amp. I will send one R'nG amp on tour.
Everyone interested in listening to Rock'n Glass amp are welcome, lets make a list.

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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf McM_dk » 9. jul 2014, 07:08

Wow, now thats great!!

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People should sign up, its a great piece of audio pleasure. Im enjoying my sample every day more and more.
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf telum » 9. jul 2014, 08:54

Well played sir! I think you should make a new thread here where people can sign up, so that it is not hidden in this thread:

viewforum.php?f=44

If you want a section in here for your self as a seller, I think you should try and contact Claus-DK :-)
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Zigis » 9. jul 2014, 13:50

This thread is not about selling, this is about testing, listening amp for free and maybe writing some impressions about amp.

I am not going to direct selling here in forum. However if someone wants to order amp or anything else, feel free to PM me or visit my Ebay store:

http://stores.ebay.com/Zigis-audio-lab? ... 7675.l2563
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf telum » 9. jul 2014, 13:59

cool! The first link however is meant for putting various things on tour amongst the site members, so I still think it is best if you make a thread there so everybody notices it :-)
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf crazydazy95 » 9. jul 2014, 14:17

I would love to have a go at this Zigis, the looks alone makes me curious, hihi, sign me up! :-)

Although I would like my little UHA-120 to have some company in form of a stationary amp sometime, I have no direct intention of buying an amp in the nearest future, so if anyone want to try this before me, I'm absolutely fine with it. Otherwise... Send it over! :grin:
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Ostebaronen » 9. jul 2014, 21:37

Yes please :)
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Niels » 9. jul 2014, 22:40

Hit me.

I´m in. I love the looks, and Ketil has convinced me, that there´s more to it than that.

Thx. Zigis.

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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Svendherlig » 9. jul 2014, 22:51

I would love to try it as well :)
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Claus-DK » 10. jul 2014, 01:35

I will help you with this Zigis, I know you are a busy man..
If you want to do it yourself let me know and I will but out..

Have added a bit to the first post..
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Zigis » 10. jul 2014, 14:18

Thank you for updating first post, Claus:)

So, we have small list to start with.
How it usually go - simply in order of user's apply (in order of list in first post) or adjust order for geographic or other reasons?
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf kvik » 10. jul 2014, 15:05

Zigis har spurgt mig, om jeg vil skrive en kort introduktion til hans forstærker. Egentlig synes jeg, at hans egen beskrivelse er ganske dækkende, i hvert fald på det tekniske område. Min egen tråd om forstærkeren er så mere set fra et brugerståsted.

For kort at opsummere, så snakker vi om en kompakt og solidt bygget rør-hybrid forstærker. Rammen er sprøjtemalet aluminium, og sidestykkerne af eg er behandlet med linolie, Alle kontakter og stik er solidt monteret i alu-rammen, samme gælder den indvendige elektronik. Bunden skrues løs ved bias-justering (rør-bytte), selve justeringen gøres med multimeter og lille skruetrækker (må anskaffes af køber/bruger selv).

Forstærkeren har Pre-out, hvilket kort sagt betyder, at signalet efter at have passeret volumekotrollen sendes til både hovedtlf-udgangen og et sæt RCA-stik på bagsiden. Rør-lyden kan derved (via en effektforstærker) sendes videre til et par højtalere, og man regulerer lydstyrken via RnG's gode potmeter.

Baseret på min erfaring med forstærkeren vil jeg mene, at den gør sig bedst med mellem-/høj-impedante hovedtelefoner. Med lav-impedante/meget følsomme af slagsen vil man nok opleve lidt baggrundssus fra røret. Det påvirker så ikke selve lydkvaliteten, man kan virke forstyrrende på oplevelsen.

Forstærkeren responderer på rør-valg, så jeg vil klart opfordre tour-deltagerne til at prøve flere rør. Jeg oplever det medfølgende russiske rør som besiddende mere punch/råhed, end det Amperex orange globe jeg sidst har benyttet. Vi har jo forskellige hovedtelefoner og præferencer, så her må man nok bare prøve sig frem.

Personligt er jeg vild med selve designet på forstærkeren, og de rent fysiske mål gør, at den er meget placeringsvenlig. Ellers har jeg specielt sat pris på, at potmetret er helt uden ubalance ved lav lyttestyrke, samt at RCA-stikkene på bagsiden er solidt monteret i metalrammen, så skiftning af kabler kan foregå, uden frygt for at det hele falder fra hinanden.

Hvad lyden angår, så vil jeg hellere lade Tour-deltagerne selv kommentere, efterhånden som forstærkeren forflytter sig rundt i riget. Jeg har sikkert glemt både det ene og det andet herover, men mon ikke det så dukker op i Tourens feedback-tråd før eller siden.

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@Zigis: It might be useful to add a second and different sounding tube to the package on Tour, and also a multimeter and a small screwdriwer for adjusting bias.
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Mataugust » 10. jul 2014, 15:11

Frakobler den pre out nĂĄr der tilsluttes hovedtelefon?
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf kvik » 10. jul 2014, 15:24

Nej, de to udgange fungerer samtidigt hele tiden.
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Ostebaronen » 10. jul 2014, 17:46

Zigis skrev:Thank you for updating first post, Claus:)

So, we have small list to start with.
How it usually go - simply in order of user's apply (in order of list in first post) or adjust order for geographic or other reasons?


We usually don't do much of geographic ordering. So I don't think that is super necessary? Usually participants are simply ordered by their appearance in the thread and then the participants find out sending shipping details themselves. Of course preferably using a signed-for and tracked shipping method, such that it can be documented that they have passed the tour item on to the next participant.
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf kvik » 10. jul 2014, 18:14

Also worth mentioning is that it is not very expensive to ship (with tracking) domestically in Denmark, and the package only takes a day or so to get from one end of the country to the other.
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Zigis » 11. jul 2014, 00:01

Ok, then let's start with Crazydaysy95, especially because I have already receiving PM with shipping address too.

Yes, multimeter and screwdrivers are good idea, I have noticed lately, not every music lover is a multimeter owner :)
Unfortunately I haven't other tubes except bunch of ordinary 6N23P at the moment, even military 6N23P-AB is out of stock at the moment.

Yes, both outputs - phone out and RCA lin out are simply parallel. If used in system, power amp's power switch work as a headphone/speakers switch. That's why I placed power switch on Ketil's speaker amp on front panel (instead of Rock'nGlass, where switch is on the back panel).
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Euklid » 14. jul 2014, 13:38

I'd like to participate in this tour :)
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf Zigis » 14. jul 2014, 23:30

Euklid added to the list
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Re: Rock'nGlass amp

Indlægaf M.Gjøl » 15. jul 2014, 12:23

I would love to get on the list too!
Thanks Zigis
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