Octave Audio amplifiers

My pleasure- inna

Happy Listening!

Love the Octave's!  I have owned a range of Octave products including integrated, preamp, monoblocks, as well as  Phonomodule.  I compared my Octave V110 against my friend's CJ preamp and monoblock combo and the V110 simply blew the CJ out of the water!  Octave was just more musical and dynamic.  My dealer carries AR and VTL as well and he much prefers Octave's sonic quality over those of AR and VTL.  My Octave monoblocks have more slam than my 600w SS monoblocks.  As an added bonus, the Octave gives that irresistible tube-warm sound to female vocals.

Octave products are built in house with high quality part and are very reliable.  As a bonus, Andreas the designer and owner is very nice and easy to communicate with via email or even phone. 

Octave makes great products and imho underrepresented in our good old USA.

Ampus, this sounds very good to me. What speakers do you and your dealer use with them ?
Many brands are underrepresented or not represented at all in the US.

Hi Ampus, could you please provide more background on the CJ comparison, for example which models of both the Octave & CJ were compared, which speaker(s) were used as well as the major sonic differences?  That would be very helpful info. 
Thanks, Mike

Hi Inna and Mike,

I use Focal speakers with the Octave.  As you know, Octave is represented by Dynaudio of North America; however, Focal speakers are actually a much better match for Octave and I have listened to both.  Andreas, the designer and owner of Octave, actually has an old pair of Focal Utopia that he uses in his listening room.  My dealer also carries KEF and Wilson and these work well with Octave too.

It has been awhile but I believe that the CJ products that my friend has are either the ET5 and LP260 or the previous generation equivalent, I compared the Octave V110 to these CJ's using them on the Focal's.  To my ears, the Octave sounded much more musical, more dynamic, and surprisingly had a more euphoric sound.  The CJ combo sounded sterile compared to the Octave.  I understand that Octave since then has upgraded the V110 to SE version.  The V80SE, Octave's top of the line using KT150 tubes, is supposed to even sound better than the V110.  The V110SE can be used with KT150 tubes as well.