BigEars Audio

Lovely pair of HEART BEAT 300b mono-blocks, fitted with new SHUGUANG gold base 300b's £1250

JOLIDA SJ-502A integrated valve amp using 6550 valves and MULLARD ECC 81's, boxed, £625

"I chose the Jolida 502a last year after my 10-year-old solid state amp bit the dust. Having listened to this amp for a year, I won't be going back to solid state. No matter if it's Stravinsky, Vivaldi, The Magnetic Fields, or Dire Straits, the sound is WONDERFUL. I don't often push the bottom end (this amp is MUCH sweeter at low listening levels than solid state listeners are accustomed to. I have been so impressed that well-recorded music can sound so good. For a balance of tonal clarity, uncolored sound, and wonderful imaging-- along with strong, precise bass-- especially for this price, the Jolida matched with good tubes is sweet music."

Excellent CONRAD JOHNSON PV-12, just serviced and re-valved £850

CONSONANCE CYBER 222 remote controlled valve pre-amp [£1250] £850
New/old stock.

Opera-Consonance Reference 9.9 [£4795] £3225

The Reference 9.9 monoblock tube power amplifier is the matching top of the range amplifier for the R1.1. Similar to R1.1, the top uses cherry wood with large machined aluminum front plate. Each channel uses a direct heated triode Shuguang 845 for single-ended class A amplification. First stage goes through a Siemens 60s NOS E88CC and US 5687 NOS as the powerful driver stage to realize an output power of 28W, with no global negative feedback.

Point to point wirings are used with Kimber high purity copper hook up wire. Resistors are Chinese military grade metal film. Signal coupling capacitors are from Rel-Cap/PPMF. R9.9 has very good driving power due to a strong power supply and well designed output transformer.

This is the UK spec version in near mint condition with all original packing.