Your Thoughts on the BAT VK-3i

Any thoughts on the BAT VK-3i almost 20 years after its introduction? Is it still a relevant preamp or has it been surpassed within its class?

rlb6101-11-2018 3:44am

georgehifi Details Discussions Posts This discussion 10,312 posts 01-12-2018 at 09:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That's when I sprung for the BAT NOS 6H30 at $600/pr. Have been enjoying great, problem free sound ever since. That's why it's been nick-named the "Super Tube" It's been said that it performs closer to good solid state than any other tube, without resorting to a "cathode follower" arrangement. Cheers George
georgehifi Details Discussions Posts This discussion 10,312 posts 01-12-2018 at 07:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete From what I’ve read the real 6H30 properly implemented is very good, lower impedance, dynamic, better drive, transparent, more linear ect, and it seems if you don’t like it, your just being shown what the source sound is giving, without much colouration’s that other tube/s may gloss over. Cheers George