The Polaris
The Polaris is an all-original design, the bigger sibling of the Quantum Zen, but designed from the ground up to give you the most musical EL34 powered amp you have ever heard
Features 2 x EL34 power tubes for 1 to 30 watts
Instead of the EF86 pentode as in the Quantum Zen, the Polaris uses an old tube radio trick, wiring a 12AU7 to behave like a pentode, so you get all the increased bandwidth, musical compression, and sweeter harmonics that pentodes are known for
The tuned baffle uses a sapele hardwood ring inset into birch - tuned to make a 1x12 sound HUGE, giving extra texture and push for big grand piano like lows
Hand selected solid pine cabinet, finger jointed on all sides, including the front panel
If you like tweaking, the Polaris lets you use any 12A_7 type tube in either position in the preamp stage - try a 12AY7 in V1 for some old school tones - It's like having multiple amps in one!
Features 2 x EL34 power tubes for 1 to 30 watts
Instead of the EF86 pentode as in the Quantum Zen, the Polaris uses an old tube radio trick, wiring a 12AU7 to behave like a pentode, so you get all the increased bandwidth, musical compression, and sweeter harmonics that pentodes are known for
The tuned baffle uses a sapele hardwood ring inset into birch - tuned to make a 1x12 sound HUGE, giving extra texture and push for big grand piano like lows
Hand selected solid pine cabinet, finger jointed on all sides, including the front panel
If you like tweaking, the Polaris lets you use any 12A_7 type tube in either position in the preamp stage - try a 12AY7 in V1 for some old school tones - It's like having multiple amps in one!
