Bottlehead Crack: An Appreciation Thread

yeah… I don’t use it as much as it deserves. but when I do, it’s absolutely fantastic! if i sell it, i’ll probably end up regretting it too :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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So elementze and I are already messaging, but I appreciate the extra reassurance! lol …but yeah, the build looks awesome. :smiley:

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I know I’m a little late to the party but I picked up a Bendix 6080WB for my crack+speedball and it had an immediate change to the sound (had a generic RCA 6AS7G prior with Sylvania 5814A)

Chain: PC > Alpha USB Series 2 > Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 SE > Crack+Speedball > VC/HD6xx/HD800S

Bass is much tighter and has a ton of body now. Before the edges would bleed into other notes or instruments, but with this swap they are all decisive. Mids and top end are both excellent and seemed to be cleaned up a bit but biggest impact to be would be low end to my ears

The crack is my oldest piece of gear but never fails to amaze me. Will be looking into new input tubes and possibly other upgrades to the components but I think I could live with speedball + new tubes for a long time :slight_smile:

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Crack can get twice as good with the correct tubes, might seem a bit hyperbolic but also may as well be true.

Grats on your bendix

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