FS:First Watt Inspired F7 amplifier

Selling my First Watt inspired F7 speaker amp. Class A push-pull, MOSFET, 30W/4Ohm, 20W/8Ohm. The F7 is a warm-tilting amp in the First Watt lineup. Slightly warmer than a J2, less warm than a M2. And this one is a quality build. I used this amp with HD800 SDR, and it's a good match. I also used it with 84dB monitors in nearfield without any issue.

One cavet: only bananas work in these speaker terminals. The builder decided to use binding posts that can't screw out to accept spades.

$575 net

 

Cool amp for a ridiculously good price. Had one like this for hifimans and it also worked with sennheisers with no hiss. Funny that this speaker / power amp is also one of the best headphone amps you can find.

 

Rather sad if you ask me.

Anyway this is a steal. I'd be all over it if I hadn't moved away from single ended altogether.

 

I have brencho's F7 now. Still my favorite amp for the Senns, oddly enough. Does a fine job with the HFMs too. It's the only amp I have at home right now, for both my speakers and my headphones, and I don't feel inclined to own another.

F7 gives a bit of fullness and smoothness to whatever source you throw into it without smearing dynamics or feeling damped to any degree - gives a 'wide open' but fairly dense sound. Haven't found anything it doesn't match up well with.

 

Sold.

 

Nooooo

 

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