Audiophilepure

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In the time I had the Octave V 70 SE, it was powered up for at least six hours every day. During that time, it didn’t hiccup, belch, or lose tube bias. It always remained exceptionally quiet and never got too warm to the touch. I never doubted its reliability and eagerly looked forward to my listening sessions. Sound-wise, there was nothing not to like. All the appropriate boxes in the audiophile lexicon were checked. I was finally able to put aside thoughts of the equipment used to bring the music to life. Instead, I could devote my attention to the music itself. Powering my EgglestonWorks Emma EVO speakers (6-ohm load, 88dB sensitivity), it never ran out of steam and, if pushed, would drive them to disco levels. It also cared not what genre of music I played — it handled all of them with poise and musicality.

I did have a few functional nits to pick with the V 70 SE, however. I wish there was an easier way to see the level indicator of the volume knob. Sitting in my listening seat, I could not tell what position the volume was in. I ended up putting a piece of black tape on it so I could tell where it was positioned. Similarly, it was difficult to tell which of the inputs was selected because the lettering on the input selector knob was so small. I would also have liked to have seen input selection available on the remote control, since I have gotten lazy over time and would just as soon not have to get off my butt to change sources. Lastly, changing the driver tubes appeared to be a challenging task, since only the very top of those tubes were visible, protruding from the chassis, leaving no easy way to grasp them for their removal and/or replacement.