This is a hand built piece all point to point wiring. Made in Vancouver WA by Kara Chaffee. This piece has about 30 hours of burn in, you would be getting a full warranty. It features the famous 6SN7 octal vacuum tube, and all vacuum tube rectification using the 5AW4 / 5U4 octal tube rectifier. One of the achievements was this design which does not damage the dynamic quality of the music. The UltraVerve 3 line stage is a true zero negative feedback Class A design. The octal tube complement coupled with tube rectification produces a huge, full-bodied soundstage and an angelically sweet and dynamic midrange. This preamp is just a joy to listen through.
The UltraVerve 3 preamplifier features 100% hand wired point-to-point circuitry in the audio as well as the power supply circuit. The following write up is from Jack Roberts of dagogo.com. He writing about preamplifiers he has reviewed over the years: "By comparison, the deHavilland UltraVerve is a very affordable preamp; but don’t let that for a minute make you think it’s not a top-tier preamp. From the time you unpack it to the first moment you turn on the UltraVerve, it is obvious that it has substance. It doesn’t take much listening to know it’s responsive, and has a really good startle factor. I think those big tubes really do have a big, robust harmonic structure that is very musical, and at the same time never slow or thick-sounding. The good news is while the UltraVerve has big, robust harmonics, it also has “PRaT” in spades. It allows listening to music in your home to be really fun. The UltraVerve has it’s own specialty that I have not heard in a preamp under $8,000. In fact, it is this similar ability in the bigger Shindo preamps that have lead me to step up from the Aurieges. It has to do with recreating realistic scale. I think this is accomplished through harmonic richness and the ability to get a certain weight in the mid bass without ever seeming overly warm or slow. There is a reason there were so many glowing reviews of this preamp. It is a preamp that is priced like an entry-level preamp that sounds like a true high-end preamp. This is truly a product that offers value in the high-end market. It holds its own with the very best, it’s fun to listen to and has a big robust sound but not at the cost of tonality or detail. Even though I haven’t heard the new Ultra Verve 3, I bet the original UltraVerve still an incredible preamp for the money."
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