Is the Velleman k4040 as powerful as it gets?

Posted by MannyE (A) on September 21, 2016 at 20:02:04

I'm looking at getting one of these kits because there's no way I can afford the 5 figures (or more) I usually see for very powerful tube amps. I restore lots of speakers and I want to have tube amp that can handle things like big electrostatics and things like that.

I've only ever owned SET amps (Bottlehead Paramours) and as sweet as they sound, I want to try something with more power to have more speaker choices.

At under 2k for the kit, it won't break the bank.. I hear the supplied tubes are crappy sounding, but I heard the 2A3 Chinese tubes that came with the Bottlehead kit all those years ago were also crappy...and they were not.

But is that the top of the heap power wise? I've never heard more than 1.5 or three watts from a tube amp, so I want to go big! I figure with good build skills, if I don't like it, I can always sell it for all the money or most back...

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Topic - Is the Velleman k4040 as powerful as it gets? - MannyE 20:02:04 09/21/16 (21)

RE: Is the Velleman k4040 as powerful as it gets? - hifipaul 12:55:37 10/03/16 (0)

RE: Is the Velleman k4040 as powerful as it gets? - FredC1 11:07:45 10/01/16 (0)

Thank you! - MannyE 19:27:31 09/23/16 (0)

RE: You might check into the Audio Research D90? - DAK 17:18:36 09/23/16 (1)

RE: You might check into the Audio Research D90? - Michael Samra 19:01:40 09/23/16 (0)

Stay away from Velleman amps. - Michael Samra 20:26:15 09/21/16 (15)

RE: Stay away from Velleman amps. - woffeldjur 01:28:45 10/29/16 (0)

RE: Stay away from Velleman amps. - Tune 22:18:51 10/02/16 (0)

RE: Stay away from Velleman amps. - tubular.well 03:53:27 09/22/16 (12)

RE: Stay away from Velleman amps. - MannyE 09:21:59 09/22/16 (11)

I have the the VTA - airtime 19:43:38 09/25/16 (0)

RE: Stay away from Velleman amps. - Eli Duttman 10:06:35 09/22/16 (9)

Says who... - classfolkphile 12:46:44 09/22/16 (8)

RE: Says who... - Eli Duttman 13:31:05 09/22/16 (7)

RE: Says who... - MannyE 19:22:21 09/23/16 (6)

West Boca, formerly of Nassau... - classfolkphile 09:21:07 09/24/16 (0)

RE: Says who... - Michael Samra 00:00:02 09/24/16 (4)

RE: Says who... - MannyE 06:12:25 09/24/16 (3)

RE: Says who... - Michael Samra 17:07:44 09/28/16 (2)

RE: Says who... - MannyE 05:20:39 09/29/16 (1)

RE: Says who... - Michael Samra 00:11:23 10/04/16 (0)

Is the Velleman k4040 as powerful as it gets?

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