Bravo Ocean Amplifier

[eoso]

I was browsing massdrop on a whim and came across this amp. It look intriguing, to say the least, and I'd gladly drop 80 bucks on it if I had it currently. And the chassis is sexy as hell!

 

I haven't heard of bravo audio before this, however.

 

Has anyone had any experience with this amp or with bravo audio? 

 

 

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/bravo-ocean-amplifier

[h264]

>Output Power: 500mw (33 Ohms or 300 Ohms?  It seems unlikely with that output impedance that it would be at 33 Ohms)

>Output Impedance: 20~600 Ohm

>Gain: 30dB

>THD: 0.016%(300 ohm) 0.45%(33 ohm)

>IMD + Noise: 0.045(300 ohm) 0.42(33ohm)

 

So let's get this all straight, less power than the O2 and 10x the gain factor, and an output impedance they seem to think is SOMEWHERE between 20 and 600 Ohms over the frequency spectrum.  I'd hate to know what the average is, or which headphones they think are compatible with that.

 

>it can power everything from Audio-Technica ATH M50s to the Beyerdynamic DT880 600ohm Edition.

 

sure, but, it's going to kill more than 80% of the power output into the ATH-M50s at the 600 Ohm output impedance point and even the DT800 will be heavily re-equalized. 

 

I'm not even getting to the tube's distortion.

 

tl;dr: it's garbage

[MayflowerElectronics]

+1 to @h264

Bravo is a cheap Chinese tube amplifier company, I remember them selling crappy $50 tube amps on eBay, that thing isn't much better.