Bottlehead Headphone Amp

Expertly Crafted to Bring You American Sound Quality You Crave 

Tube amplifiers have unmatched sound quality and the construction give them an timeless style. The collaboration between Ball and Buck + Bottlehead is no different. This headphone amp lets you plug in and get listening instantly, it is housed in a custom natural or caramelized bamboo casing that cannot be found anywhere else. The headphone amp can provide a great and instant upgrade to your listening experience.

The combination of low noise and ample transformer coupled output drive means this Headphone tube amp is perfect for use both as a loudspeaker amp and as a headphone amp, It works great with high efficiency (97 dB or higher) speakers for listening room systems that work well with similarly powered 45 amps, and practically begs to be plugged into computer sound cards and smaller speakers for desktop audio systems. A potential to woire the amp for a 32 ohm output configuration means exceptional low noise performance with headphones of virtually any impedance. The integral level control makes a very simple system possible. Only the addition of a source (CD player, portable disc player, Ipod, sound card, phono preamp, tuner, etc.) and speakers or headphones is needed to get the three dimensional, highly resolved sound of single ended triodes.

The new PT-7 power transformer has a single high voltage secondary that feeds a pseudo dual mono supply, and an improved internal shielding arrangement. There is a center tap on the heater secondary. We will also sell this transformer by itself for DIY projects. HV secondary is rated 150V and 70mADC when configured into a voltage doubler supply and the heater secondary is rated 6.3V 3.5Arms. It is the same form factor as the PT-3 and PT-5. No pricing on the standalone transformer yet.With an exceedingly flat impedance response, Ball and Buck + Blumenstein Orcas are true high efficiency speakers, needing as little as 2 watts from a tube amplifier to bloom their entire wall of sound. They can fill large listening spaces yet they possess an inherent purity of sound that can be enjoyed close up, even at distances of less than an arm's length away.

Features:

• Available in Natural and Caramelized Bamboo
• Made in Bainbridge Island, WA
• Only Available at Ball and Buck

Built To Order. Thus, extra processing time is required since each unit is built by hand when the order is received.