Anyone using Octave amps or preamps?

Darrin - Thank you for the kind words; the pleasure has truly been ours!

Best Possible Regards,

Next Level AV

Wow, great report in Absolute Sound about Octave phono preamp -- sounds like enough reviewers will pick up on how great Octave is and then the prices will go up!

I picked up an Octave Jubilee preamp from a guy selling his entire hi-fi system. It is only two years old and includes the remote control option. It was at a price point that fit within my budget.

Compared to the Octave HP500SE the Octave Jubilee preamp really shines in the low level resolution. The details in recordings seem to be present in the music versus the HP500SE somewhat lower level of resolution. The HP500SE with built in phono still a great bargain because it is an excellant unit. I compared the 500SE against the Einstein Tube, well, the Octave HP500SE remained in place, until recently, when I had the opportunity to get the Jubilee preamp for a great sale price.

I will be writing a user review in the not too distant future about the Octave Jubilee preamp.

I am also awaiting the Octave Phono amp to test on my system.

I think slowly the best secret in audio, Octave, will be coming to light in North America.

Curious if anyone has been able to audition the v70se and the v80 to compare. I'm thinking of using one of these two integrateds with Dyn C1's. I'm also pretty sure I would want either the black box or super bb. I haven't been able to locate Octave gear to audition though.
Thanks.

Tyler at Next Level ( and a lot of research) led me to conclude it is a significant step up to go for the v80 and esp the super black box (and gives great flexibility on driving any speaker loads). I ended up going a different route but was close on pulling the trigger on v80 plus SBB