The Laurel Ultimate is supplied with tested vintage NOS driver tubes and a set of Mullard GZ37 rectifier tubes. And a finally, a set of precision machined Teflon TM tube sockets featuring silver plated pins provide improved dielectric characteristics and help reduce vibration induced microphonics. The Laurel IIX design is very simple incorporating a minimum number of gain stages. It features our mu circuit driver stage which is capacitor coupled to the grid of the 300B output stage. None of the crossover distortion typically found in push-pull amplifiers.
Triodes operate in a more linear fashion with predominately even order type distortion.
Top quality components used thoughout. All of the above combine to produce a very warm rich sound, full of the natural harmonics you may be missing from your present amplifier. Combined with the right speaker system, the Laurel IIX amplifiers will redefine the way you currently listen to music. Welborne Labs is the first company to offer a true high quality single-ended amplifier kit to the U.S. audio community. Walnut is our standard material used for the chassis base, other types of wood are available on a custom basis, additional cost and delivery time.